Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things. – Ray Bradbury

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If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles ― Sun Tzu

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a skilful general given free rein by the ruler, brings victory. ― Sun Tzu

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Good warriors take their stand on ground where they cannot lose, and do not overlook conditions that make an opponent prone to defeat. ― Sun Tzu

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A friend is nothing but a known enemy.

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If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. ― Sun Tzu

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Neoliberal democracy. Instead of citizens, it produces consumers. Instead of communities, it produces shopping malls. The net result is an atomized society of disengaged individuals who feel demoralized and socially powerless. In sum, neoliberalism is the immediate and foremost enemy of genuine participatory democracy, not just in the United States but across the planet, and will be for the foreseeable future.

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If you follow all of the rules, you'll miss all of the fun.

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he not honestly believed the contrary. And it is precisely on such a point that the judgment of an educated Chinaman will carry most weight. Other internal evidence is not far to seek. Thus in XIII. ss. 1, there is an unmistakable allusion to the ancient system. ― Sun Tzu

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In respect of military method, we have, firstly, Measurement; secondly, Estimation of quantity; thirdly, Calculation; fourthly, Balancing of chances; fifthly, Victory. ― Sun Tzu

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