The ability to work hard is an admirable quality, but the ability to relax is equally important.

The ability to work hard is an admirable quality, but the ability to relax is equally important.

You should combine theory with practice.

This is undoubtedly to the good, and necessary to the conduct of orderly democratic life but to those not used to it, the ability to combine enmity with bonhomie can seem counterintuitive.

It's not size that matters. It's how you use it.

The ability to combine them effectively is smart power.

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And so in my life, I've discovered that vacation is the most important skill for any kind of over achiever.

He has atrocious table manners.

A successful vision is one that combines inspiration with feasibility.

It must combine both if it is to survive.

Faced with such uncertainty, a wise policy combines realism with liberalism.

The only thing that doesn't require skill is an appetite.

The challenge, therefore, is to combine long run discipline with short run flexibility.

Knowing how to hot wire a car may come in handy someday.

In other words, the world can combine economic growth with declining emissions of carbon dioxide.

It is a real achievement to harmonise such different architectural styles so brilliantly, says Meder.

all but ensures they won't retain it.

I think to clearly distinguish opinion from fact is important.

In my book The Powers to Lead , I call this skill contextual intelligence.

To this end, the US must show leadership and adaptability.

Moreover, a person must have technical skills and use tools of the online journalism.

Tom's systematic problem solving skills stood him in good stead for promotion to branch manager.

But a spy's stock in trade is recruiting and nurturing collaborators.

Smart power is the ability to combine the hard power of coercion or payment with the soft power of attraction into a successful strategy.

Sarkozy may want to be a combination of Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair, but in symbolic terms he is also the Queen.

True, it requires great skill to walk the narrow line that separates effective deterrence from reckless action. To make a hostile country comply the threat of military action must be seen as real, the will of the power seeking to deter to follow on its threats must be clear and evident.

True, it requires great skill to walk the narrow line that separates effective deterrence from reckless action.

It's believing in those dreams and facing our fears head on that allows us to live our lives beyond our limits.

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One of the things we should learn from Americans is their ability to gather, accumulate, and impart knowledge.

If anything, China has proven that a country can blend control, coercion, and patronage to stymie the Internet s politically liberalizing elements.

Germany (like China) views its high savings and export prowess as virtues, not vices.

Detecting lies, or lie spotting, is an essential skill for everyone to acquire, for both personal and professional reasons.

Putin's all encompassing popularity, which is genuine, and his blurring of all political dividing lines has given him an unassailable position. Many bemoan this state of affairs, but his ascendancy might be less malign than it seems.

From now on, she will require a trait that she has lacked so far leadership and decision making skills.

Despite his relative inexperience in international affairs, Obama showed a similar skill in reacting to a complex set of foreign policy challenges.

Despite his relative inexperience in international affairs, Obama showed a similar skill in reacting to a complex set of foreign policy challenges.

The key challenge is to support these five sectors in order to combine short term relief with long term reconstruction and development.

Does Germany find it difficult to reconcile its close relations with Israel and the USA on the one hand, and the position of its most important partners in the EU on the other?

This had misled his audience into thinking that he was speaking extemporaneously, a skill that is highly regarded in India.

Having multiple languages, particularly those of developing economies, will equip children with a better chance of finding meaningful employment.

And test (and try) the orphans until they are of marriageable age.

Policymakers should pair fiscal measures to ameliorate the jobs and investment deficits now with a multi year plan to reduce the long run fiscal deficit gradually.

What is required is a policy on the part of the global community that mixes military strength with a willingness to negotiate and interact, a policy of collective strength and collective flexibility.