Dual Approach Quotes

We need to defend against weaknesses within and enemies without, using the tools of civil society and hard power. We don't have to pick one over the other.

The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

Everything has two handles,-one by which it may be borne; another by which it cannot.

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way.

When I started to write, I realised that you need a bit of both: the overall context as well as the individual's experience.

We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror.

I fight terrorism as if there was no peace process, and I negotiate the peace process as if there was no terrorism.

I have to fight as if there were no negotiations and negotiate as if there was no war.

I use my intuition. I tell my students: use your brains, but also use another part of yourself.

I try to operate on two unconnected levels. One on the practical level of action in which I am extremely cautious and conservative. The second is the realm of ideas where I try to be very free

I think you can maintain two tracks. I think you have to. That's what this kind of filmmaking is about. If you're not aware of the limitations of what you're up against... it's like a general: you have to know your artillery and you have to know your infantry. You have to know what you have. You have to marshal your forces and use them well. It comes down to the personal and the intimate, but at the same time you have to have the big picture.

We handle it from both sides of the coin: from the sport aspect and the entertainment aspect. You gotta have both because we're if not doing solid ratings, we're not going to be on TV.