Diplomat Quotes
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“Paul Remmich is going to do something special before moving to Cuba. He will have to sign a legal agreement protecting him to work for Iraq as an independent diplomat.”
― Counter Identity
― Counter Identity

“It wasn鈥檛 until I noticed two of the words on the sheet printed on a folder label. Sure enough, it was Williams鈥� study titled 鈥楴uclear Waste Management.”
― Fatal Identity
― Fatal Identity

“I got the pictures with the names, and they match the passport photos and names from Madrid. How did you get the manager to help?”
― Fatal Identity
― Fatal Identity

“聽 鈥淵es, well, I thought you should see it. The cover page is in Arabic scribblin鈥�, but the next hundred-plus pages are in five sections, and in English. I can鈥檛 for the life of me figure out what to make of it. This appears to be more American, and it seems to be a kind of scientific material. Have a look at it and let me know what to tell the boys in Z-land,”
― Fatal Identity
― Fatal Identity

“My friend is not a diplomat. She is the failure of diplomacy. She is the breakdown of negotiations. There is no escalation of hostilities beyond her.”
― The Shadow of Kyoshi
― The Shadow of Kyoshi

“These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualities of an ideal diplomacy. But, the reader may object, you have forgotten intelligence, knowledge, discernment, prudence, hospitality, charm, industry, courage and even tact. I have not forgotten them. I have taken them for granted.”
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“A well-trained diplomat is supposed to write French, for example, like an angel, but to speak it with the peculiar gutlessness of a Geneva nancy-boy.”
― Rogue Male
― Rogue Male
“It might seem that being a genius is a golden ticket to a life of glamorous soirees with the intellectual elite, champagne flute in hand, arm candy at your side, surrounded by a throng of smiling sycophants. But you might be confusing this scene with the lifestyle of a diplomat”
― How to Be a Genius: A Handbook for the Aspiring Smarty-Pants
― How to Be a Genius: A Handbook for the Aspiring Smarty-Pants

“An ambassador is someone who thinks twice before he says nothing鈥� -
attributed to one of India's ambassadors in Argentina at the time.”
― The Accidental Ambassador
attributed to one of India's ambassadors in Argentina at the time.”
― The Accidental Ambassador

“Diplomat does not mean nice,鈥� muttered the spider mech. 鈥淒iplomat means tell the aliens to leave us alone.”
― Provenance
― Provenance

“He had sinewy arms that were often wrapped in fine silk robes. He liked closed-toed, black leather sandals with hard soles that echoed with each step.”
― The Conjurer
― The Conjurer
“An ambassador is an honest man who is sent to lie abroad for the good of his Country鈥� [鈥淟egatus est vir bonus peregre missus ad mentiendum Reipublicae causa鈥漖, 1600s
H. Nicolson argues that 鈥淗. Wotton scribbled this remark as a joke in [friend's] album at Augsburg鈥�.”
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H. Nicolson argues that 鈥淗. Wotton scribbled this remark as a joke in [friend's] album at Augsburg鈥�.”
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“Let's not freak out here," Jett said, ever the diplomat in venom green nail polish and little skull earrings. "People aren't going to come until they've had their dinner. Pie is for dessert."
Maggie and I stood behind the counter, arms folded, and stared out the display window.
Jett shook her head. Leave it to her to be remarkably upbeat while the rest of us were uncharacteristically morose. "Maybe we should open up so that this wonderful pie aroma brings them in," she said brightly. She opened the door and used it to fan the pie air out onto the street.
And it worked.
Somebody walked in.”
― The Memory of Lemon
Maggie and I stood behind the counter, arms folded, and stared out the display window.
Jett shook her head. Leave it to her to be remarkably upbeat while the rest of us were uncharacteristically morose. "Maybe we should open up so that this wonderful pie aroma brings them in," she said brightly. She opened the door and used it to fan the pie air out onto the street.
And it worked.
Somebody walked in.”
― The Memory of Lemon

“A mousy, middle-aged man with a clean robe and a stony half smile stood among them. He held parchment and an inkwell with two hands and somehow made them look heavy.”
― The Conjurer
― The Conjurer

“Tozl was an agent of the state without any real agency鈥攁 silk-clad servant smiling his way to the center of the vortex.”
― The Conjurer
― The Conjurer
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