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“I'd trained to be a diplomat but the state department said I was too liberal. I saw an ad in the New York Times ... a hack Californian editor came to New York to butcher some films and he needed an assistant. For some reason I read it that day and it changed my life. I went to work for him and he was horrible, butchering these masterpieces by Antonioni, Visconti, but I learned enough to know what he was doing wrong.”

“The Vatican has always had a core of diplomats for centuries. It has ambassadors in 180 countries and always played a kind of behind-the-scene role in many world issues.”

World Kind Country Behinds Roles Issues Century Scene Core Ambassadors Diplomats Behind The Scenes World Issues

Author:Sylvia Poggioli

“But the doctors in the past, as the review of the evidence showed, branded Jenner, Semmelweis, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Pasteur, Lister, Koch and Keen as charlatans...Napoleon said that war is too important to be left to the generals. We go on the assumption in the Senate that foreign relations are too important to be left to the diplomats...this question (on a novel cancer cure) is too important to leave purely to doctors.”

“Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation. In their positive form, they become diplomats.”

Form Social Materials Fool Conversation Demand Occasions Diplomats

Book:Foucault's Pendulum

Source: Foucault's Pendulum

“An American diplomat is sometimes like a bull who carries his own china shop around with him.”

Sometimes China Shops Carrie Bulls Diplomats

Author:Winston Churchill

“British diplomats who worked in Iran during the 1980 hostage crisis are deeply upset by Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning film 'Argo,' which suggests they refused shelter to the group who managed to get out of the U.S. embassy.”

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Author:Simon Hoggart

“I have so much respect for policy makers and diplomats, but I could never be a politician because of the way they dress!”

Way Policy Politician Dresses Makers Diplomats Policy Makers

Author:Azita Ghanizada

“When a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. When he says perhaps, he means no. When he says no, he is not a diplomat. When a lady says no, she means perhaps. When she says perhaps, she means yes. But when she says yes, she is no lady.”

Mean Diplomats

Author:Alfred Denning, Baron Denning

“The basic quality for the diplomat is not intelligence but loyalty.”

Quality Loyalty Diplomats

Author:C. Northcote Parkinson

“My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism - certainly not politics.”

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Author:Benazir Bhutto

“How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read.”

Believe War Lying Journalist Diplomats

Author:Karl Kraus

“Words are one thing - deeds something entirely different. Fine words are a mask to cover shady deeds. A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.”

Different Water One Thing Fine Deeds Dry Mask Iron Sincere Diplomats Shady Fine Words

Book:Works

Source: Works

“I cannot imagine how any diplomat, or any dramatist, could improve on (Ronald Reagan's) words to Mikhail Gorbachev at the Geneva summit: 'Let me tell you why it is we distrust you.' Those words are candid and tough and they cannot have been easy to hear. But they are also a clear invitation to a new beginning and a new relationship that would be rooted in trust.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“I started acting long before I decided to pursue it. I started acting as an amateur when I was a kid, but I wanted to become a diplomat. It was self-centered and weird, but I had this idea of going out in the world and solving conflicts and making the world a better place.”

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Author:Stellan Skarsgard

“The war is not going well and it is time to say why. It has been fought with half-measures. It has been fought with an eye on the wishes of our "coalition partners." It has been fought to assuage the Arab "street." It has been fought to satisfy the diplomats rather than the generals... Why have we not loosed the B-52s and the B-2s to carpet-bomb Taliban positions? And why are we giving the Taliban sanctuary in their cities? We could drop leaflets giving civilians 48 hours to evacuate, after which the cities become legitimate military targets.”

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Author:Charles Krauthammer

“Can you imagine a writer in England influencing? Absolutely not. And in France? It used to be, but no more-absolutely not. France used to, at least, have writers as diplomats, but not any more.”

Used Imagine Influence England Used To Be France Diplomats

Author:Nadine Gordimer

“I was very proud and grateful to be the first African-American woman in the position. I thought it said a lot about our country that we had back-to-back African-American Secretaries of State, Colin Powell and then me. I also thought it said a lot about President Bush that he didn't see limits on the highest ranking diplomat in terms of color. It's a hard job, but really the best one in government.”

“I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot act with the restraint of an accomplished diplomat.”

Fire Youth Soldier Accomplished Restraint Accustomed Diplomats

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“My family moved - first to Washington, D.C., and then, in the spring of 1975, to Lebanon, where my father worked as a diplomat at the American embassy. My parents were enthusiastic about the move, so my older brother and I felt like we were off to some place kind of cool.”

Firsts Kind Moving Father Felt Parent Brother Spring My Family Moved Enthusiastic Diplomats Lebanon Older Brother Embassy

Author:Greg Kinnear

“I am saying that I am trying to minimize the donations to these groups by talking to diplomats. The transparency bill also has the purpose of enabling the Israeli public and members of Knesset to know whose interests certain organizations represent.”

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Author:Ayelet Shaked

“Jason Rezaian is finally headed home. He's the correspondent for The Washington Post who was held in Iran for a year and half while U.S. diplomats, his family and his editors worked to win his release. Rezaian was one of the four Americans released from prison in Tehran in a swap for seven Iranians held in U.S. prisons.”

Years Home Winning Half Four Prison Seven Release Posts Iran Editors Jason Diplomats Tehran

Author:Renee Montagne

“After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism. Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering with the affairs of its neighbors, a policy of assassinating diplomats and of attacking embassies. Iran is responsible for a number of terrorist attacks in the Kingdom, it is responsible for smuggling explosives and drugs into Saudi Arabia. And Iran is responsible for setting up sectarian militias in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, whose objective is to destabilize those countries.”

“Show me one Iranian diplomat we killed! I can show you many Saudi diplomats who were killed by Iran.”

I Can Shows Iran Show Me Saudis Iranian Diplomats

Author:Adel al-Jubeir

“Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea.”

Giving Ideas Wanted Giving Up Diplomats Attrition

Author:John Gimlette

“I am sure you have met diplomats; they probably travel far less than you do. Okay, they get to know a place very intensely - sometimes only the capitol city.”

Knows Sometimes Cities Mets Okay Diplomats Capitol

Author:John Gimlette

“Paraguay has had a U.S. supermarket boss as its ambassador for a while. He did the job well. He was there because he wanted to be there. Rather than the British diplomat who didn't want to be there.”

Want Wells Wanted Jobs British Boss Ambassadors Supermarkets Diplomats Paraguay

Author:John Gimlette

“Of course there are collaborations. But in official meetings with Western diplomats from the US and the European Union, the major issues of our relationships are simply not discussed. The topics are on climate change or any other issues they want us to agree with them on. But they never discuss how we could develop an equal relationship. They should stop using pompous orchestrated summits and begin a serious dialogue with small meetings.”

“Hillary Rodham Clinton was America's chief diplomat. So let's look around at the violence and danger in our world today in every region of the world that has been infected with her flawed judgment.”

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Author:Chris Christie

“A skilled diplomat rarely generates extreme reactions.”

Extremes Reactions Diplomats

Author:Madeleine Albright

“The level of our political trust [with China] is also very high. We have similar positions on major international issues or even, as diplomats say, our views are identical. We often have shared positions on key issues of the modern international agenda.”

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Author:Vladimir Putin

“Ralph Bunche, who is an internationally recognized and respected diplomat, can't stay in a hotel in Georgia, which means that no matter what the accomplishment, the intellectual, the academic, or professional level of a negro is, collectively he stands condemned.”

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Author:Malcolm X

“I am straight forward; I am not manipulative; I am not two-faced. And I think that that has served me well in all of my roles, particularly as a diplomat, because people knew if I said something, I meant it. If I said no, I meant no, and if I said we could make this work, we would make it work.”

People Ifs Thinking Wells Said Two Roles Diplomats Manipulative

Author:Susan Rice

“One of the great things about the United States is that when it comes to world affairs, the president obviously is the leader of the Executive Branch, the Commander-in-Chief, the spokesperson for the nation, but the influence and the work that we have is the result not just of the president, it is the result of countless interactions and arrangements and relationships between our military and other militaries, and our diplomats and other diplomats, the intelligence officers and development workers.”

“We have Mr. Putin in Russia. And he appears to be a popular president of Russia. And I don't think it's the business of the National Endowment for Democracy or American diplomats or American foreign policy to try to change the nature of that government.”

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Author:Pat Buchanan

“I discovered that a diplomat's life is largely entertaining and meeting people. At the end of the day there's nothing. So I gave up.”

People Ends Life Is Meetings The End Of The Day Entertaining Gave Up Diplomats

Author:Khushwant Singh

“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”

“Can you imagine writers influencing things in America? Can you imagine a writer in England influencing? Absolutely not. And in France? It used to be, but no more - absolutely not. France used to, at least, have writers as diplomats, but not any more.”

America Used Imagine Influence England Used To Be France Diplomats

Author:Nadine Gordimer

“The [Donald] Trump folks chose not to keep [Dan Fried] on. He was actually - I said he was actually the third-most senior diplomat in the foreign service.”

Said Trump Thirds Folks Senior Diplomats Foreign Service

Author:Rachel Maddow

“Right after Secretary [Rex] Tillerson was sworn in, four of the top career diplomats at the department were told their services were no longer needed.”

Careers Four Needed Department Secretary Diplomats

Author:Rachel Maddow

“To me, the amazing thing is that so much that was science fiction back then, political fiction, today is reality. We have indeed a spacecraft called an international space station. And we have the diversity of this planet working on that ship, including Americans and Russians working side by side. I think the imagineers are the ones that set the goal. And the inventors and the technicians see that as a goal to work toward, or the political scientists and the diplomats. And eventually, that's arrived at.”

“How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.”

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Author:Karl Kraus

“All war represents a failure of diplomacy.”

War Failure Anti War Antiwar Diplomacy Diplomats

Author:Tony Benn

“Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.”

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Author:Will Rogers

“Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.”

War Inspiration Political Fall Politics Peace Week Flats Antiwar Diplomacy Diplomats Political Will

Book:The Will Rogers book

Source: The Will Rogers book

“Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.”

War Fall Week Military Essentials Starting Soldier Flats Diplomacy Starting Over Finishing Diplomats Finishing It

Book:The Will Rogers book

Source: The Will Rogers book

“Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries.”

Country Facts Politician Other Countries Diplomats

Book:Woman and the New Race

Source: Woman and the New Race

“I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China.”

Country Political Desire Events Currents China Juniors Confrontation Political Systems Discussing Diplomats Taiwan Current Events American Political System

Author:Michael K. Simpson

“Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.”

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Author:Otto von Bismarck

“A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.”

Water Military Dry Iron Sincere Diplomats

Book:1907-1913

Source: 1907-1913

“Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.”

People Inspirational Problem Approach Mouths Sarcasm Sarcastic Problem Solving Reincarnation Diplomats

Author:Adlai E. Stevenson

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