Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.
When a prosecutor makes a deal with someone and gives him immunity if he testifies, the prosecutor usually gets the testimony he wants.
A writer who doesn't need the money gains power and is dangerous in a negotiation.
People without leverage work for those with leverage.
If you're going to play the bargaining game, you just need to make the other side mad. You want them to get a little annoyed. Then you know that you've come in with a good price.
If you put it on the table as a bargaining chip, it becomes a bargaining chip
Do thou snatch treasures from my lips, and I'll take kingdoms back from thine.
Unfortunately, in collective bargaining one party or the other too often tries to gain an advantage - a bargain, like buying something in a store for less than it is worth.
It just seems OK these days to throw women under the bus. Like we're a bargaining chip.
I would never want Ukraine to be a piece on the map, on the chessboard of big global players, so that someone could toss us around, use us as cover, as part of some bargain.
When you make people a lot of money, it gives you leverage in Hollywood.
While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.
