"The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare."
― John Major
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Patience
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- "Well, I think there’s a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence."
- "Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein."
- "The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It’s played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ than voted in the general election."
More In Patience
- "Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You."― Tom Peters
- "This is the story of what a Woman’s patience can endure, and what a Man’s resolution can achieve."― Wilkie Collins
- "Once I know people know who I am, it gives me a lot of licence and freedom to behave in ways I wouldn’t normally."― Larry David