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The only thing certain about any negotiation is that it will lead to another negotiation .
How can there ever possibly be a conflict between my private interests and the public good?
I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.
A negotiator should observe everything. You must be part Sherlock Holmes, part Sigmund Freud.
Anger can be an effective negotiating tool, but only as a calculated act, never as a reaction.
We recognize that NAFTA is a three-country agreement, and we need a three-country negotiation.
What I really think of myself as is a person who's great at negotiation coaching and consulting.
People underestimate me, and that's fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated.
Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
I've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act.
Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.
The eleventh commandment of a motion picture negotiation: Thou shalt not take less than thy last deal.
Usually, even when a bill draws extreme opinions, there can be a process of expression and negotiation.
It has become increasingly clear to me that the White House is not interested in good-faith negotiations.
The distance separating the statute and constitutionality is so abysmal that negotiations are impossible.
The first thing to decide before you walk into any negotiation is what to do if the other fellow says 'no'.
Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not.
If I'm the British prime minister I won't be dictated to on the timetable or the manner of the negotiations.
Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.
In a job negotiation, the implementation of that deal is your success that also causes the company to succeed.
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
Before a negotiation can proceed and be completed, what is outside the scope of negotiation needs to be agreed.
The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.
Colonies are necessary to Germany. We shall get them through negotiation if possible; but if not, we shall take them.
The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
So much of life is a negotiation - so even if you're not in business, you have opportunities to practice all around you.
[During fee negotiations for singing in Vienna:] I'm not interested in money, but it must be more than anyone else gets.
All over the world when you test men and women for facial cue recognition, women test... better. It's a negotiation tool.
Conflict is good in a negotiation process... it's the clash of two ideas, which then, all being well, produces a third idea.
I don't want to stop and build protectionism out there, but I certainly don't mind tough negotiation with our trade partners.
Once you realize that there are only certain points which you are willing to negotiate, it makes the negotiation much simpler.
The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.
In law school, we studied the famous book 'Getting to Yes,' co-written by the head of the Harvard Law School Negotiation Project.
Successful negotiation is not about getting to 'yes'; it's about mastering 'no' and understanding what the path to an agreement is.
World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.
It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.
If there is willingness on the Palestinian side to reach an agreement, it is possible. We are conducting the negotiations with goodwill.
The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, 'What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.'
Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.
I think each negotiation should be based on what's the best decision - taking everything into account, not taking one thing into account.
Simple logic dictates that if you cannot even conceive the possibility of leaving a negotiation, then it is preferable never to enter one.
Our identities really are a constant negotiation between the story we tell about ourselves and the narrative our societies like to recite.
It's very rare you get a director who's that invested in the actors. So yeah, when 'Little Fish' came around, there wasn't much negotiation!
What we heard loud and clear is that the Battle Between the Sexes is over. It was a draw. Now we're engaged in Negotiation Between the Sexes.
The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.
If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.
There's just something fascinating to me about watching a business interaction unfold, and the negotiation. And how everything is negotiable in life.
If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.
Social change doesn't happen in the Arab region through dramatic confrontation, beating, or indeed, baring of breasts, but rather through negotiation.
No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session.