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but you'll have oppositions that's external to your field
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that you can expect compromise when necessary.
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Just be smarter, work harder,
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be willing to play hard ball.
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There's a quotation from Goethe that I like which says,
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"Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid,"
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so rely on the fact that
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if you're bold about pursuing in a strong way your policy objectives,
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sometimes you'll be lucky and some mighty forces may come to your aid
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like what happened last Tuesday.
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You also need to be able to assure
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that you'll have proper implementation of your policy.