A game is defined by the players' strategy domains and payoff functions.
Leonid Hurwicz
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Learn the strategy and thou shall win
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DAVID NOVAK old repression that (former President Leonid) Kuchma had used against me and my family.
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JOE SKORUPA A warrior is defined by his scars, not his medals.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
KAREN ALLEN Art is created by the artist and defined by the viewer. The same goes for our character.
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KOFI ANNAN At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.
JESSE JACKSON Anything and everything, physical or otherwise, is defined by its absence.
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TIM O'REILLY Strategy is influenced by circumstances.
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KATE MILLET Life is defined by time, appreciate the beauty of time.
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GAVIN NEWSOM True wealth is not defined by the weight of a man's pockets, but by the weight of his heart.
ROBERT WILLIAMSON III There are really smart baseball players. It's a thinking person's game.
RICHARD LINKLATER Truth in the human world, is constructed, defined and then reconstructed by the human self.
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RYAN KWANTEN She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself.
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RUFUS WAINWRIGHT A person is defined solely by the extent of his influence over other people, by the sphere of his in...
URSULA K. LE GUIN Evil is not natural, nor is goodness. They are created and defined by people.
RORY O'CLEARY It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys ...
ISAIAH THOMAS They have completely new players. We have to play a different team with a whole different strategy.
LAMONT COBB We're far more defined by our mistakes than the things that we succeed at.
EMMA CAULFIELD In Being; God is not limited by love, but is rather defined by it.
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ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private ...
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DEAN SMITH A society is defined not only by what it creates but by what it refuses to destroy.
JOHN SAWHILL Not a bad payoff from exploiting fear.
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