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Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend to fi...more

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I've never understood one thing: Why do all these megalomaniac dictators, secret societies, mad scientists, and totalitarian aliens want to rule the w...more

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It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments.

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Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.

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The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

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Kelsier exhaled in exasperation. “Elend Venture? You risked your life—risked the plan, and our lives—for that fool of a boy?”Vin looked up, glaring at...more

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That, after all, was his job. The title of emperor carried with it only a single duty.To make everything better.

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To be given loyalty is to be infused like a gemstone, to be granted the frightful license to destroy not only one's self, but all within one's care.

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Why is it you trust my daughter so much when others almost universally revile her?""I consider their disdain for her to be a recommendation," he said....more

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Good men don't become legends," he said quietly."Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's ...more

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...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.

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A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas ...more

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Why, if you only knew the secrets to which I'm p

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A leader did not slump. A leader was in control. Even when he least felt like he controlled anything. Especially then.

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Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.