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She's the original stealth candidate. It was a shrewd choice for Bush. If you can't ram somebody through who's got a higher profile, you do an end run around the opposition.

Ross Baker

For being shrewd about doing good, for rewiring politics and re-engineering justice, for making mercy smarter and hope strategic and then daring the rest of us to follow, Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono are Time's Persons of the Year.

Nancy Gibbs

Dahl was a very shrewd cookie. He was an expedient writer who would use anything to make an impact in a book. He saw what worked; his books are full of effects and good scenes. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , there are fantastic scenes of demolishing this person, getting rid of that person - all very high-powered stuff.

Peter Hunt

A wise man knows everything.A shrewd one, everybody.

Old Chinese Proverb

I think his selection is a very shrewd one because he has matured as a cricketer this season.

Nick Knight

I doubt the chairman would be this far out in front if he didn't believe he had the vast majority of government behind him. He's a shrewd politician in that sense.

Scott Cleland

It began to turn against him, because his opponents were very, very shrewd and calculating in the way they exploited it.

Laurence Leamer

It was a very shrewd move because three hostages are easier to handle than nine, and while the release appears to show them making a concession, essentially they are in the same position, still holding hostages.

Dimieari Von Kemedi

Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.

John Brown

He sought the neighborhoods out rather than waiting for them. He was very shrewd.

John Moran

A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.

Charles Horton Cooley

I think she's doing exactly the right thing. Hillary is a very shrewd, smart politician.

Martin Frost

Shaun would admit himself that he was a little surprised but it might be a shrewd pick.

Phil Tufnell

I think there are major risks in sales and margins when you're a middleman. More and more companies are buying direct and don't see a need for Helen of Troy. Their brands are not that powerful, ... This doesn't mean it can't bounce back. They have to be shrewd and quick to right the ship.

Howard Davidowitz