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Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.


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COLIN POWELL there was reason for guarded optimism. And let us be clear about what brought it all to a halt -- te...
COLIN POWELL There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfe...
COLIN POWELL I for one am not going to apologize that somehow we took Saddam Hussein out and we're putting in a d...
COLIN POWELL It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my positi...
COLIN POWELL seeing some convergence of views.
COLIN POWELL Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
COLIN POWELL The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in ...
COLIN POWELL the level of a mammoth new campaign.
COLIN POWELL We wanted it to be a special program of the State Department. Randy worked for me.
COLIN POWELL Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earne...
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