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One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears—by listening to them.

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Scratch any American and underneath you'll find an isolationist.

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We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked.

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It has been said that power tends to corrupt, but that loss of power tends to corrupt absolutely.

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Only one-third of human beings are asleep at one time, and the other two-thirds are awake and up to some mischief somewhere.

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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
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Dean Rusk

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Born: February 9, 1909
Died: December 20, 1994 (aged 85)
Bio: David Dean Rusk was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Rusk is the joint-second-longest serving U.S.

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