"We act like a zero-sum society, when in reality there is a lot of non zero-sum fat to be skimmed off to everyone's mutual advantage."

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Source : Howard Raiffa (1982). “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, p.310, Harvard University Press

Howard Raiffa

#Zero Quotes #Reality Quotes #Advantage Quotes

“Concentrating for four hours will wear you out mentally.”
“You have to experiment with different mediums and things around you [making art].”
“We children learned responsibility automatically.”
“Making decisions is probably the most important thing people ever do. Nothing happens until someone makes a decision.”
“Have you ever made her angry?" If the cop said that he and his wife lived in a state of constant connubial bliss, Andrew decided he'd have full cause to throw a punch. Max raised an eyebrow. "Sure, I'm human." He slid the phone into the pocket of his suit pants and rose to his feet with a distinctly amused glint in his eyes. "Making up is the un part, in case you haven't figured that out yet.”
“I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.”
“To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished! To endure, and go calmly on! The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.”
“A man learns all his life, and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything.”

Source : "A man learns all his life, and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything". Rediff On The Net Interview, www.rediff.com. 1997.

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