The negotiations were simultaneously cerebral and physical, abstract and personal, something like a combination of chess and mountain climbing.

The negotiations were simultaneously cerebral and physical, abstract and personal, something like a combination of chess and mountain climbing.

Richard Holbrooke
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The negotiations were simultaneously cerebral and physical, abstract and personal, something like a combination of chess and mountain climbing.

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