"If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing."
-Margaret Thatcher
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"It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.“
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"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
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"Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story."
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"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end."
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