#dip

My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture. ↗

— Walter Salles

#culture #diplomat #father #his #i

English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#diplomacy #english #french #international #international language

You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#diplomacy #idea

A diploma only proves that you know how to look up answers. ↗

— Solomon Short

#diploma #how #know #look #only

It's interesting that there are only two groups of people in our country who are not held accountable for their behavior or decisions. One is exempted by the constitution, and that is foreign diplomats. The other, through a loophole, is HMOs. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#behavior #constitution #country #decisions #diplomats

Then I would have an occasional cigarette and then I started back dipping. I started dipping last year. My family has asked me again to stop, and I'm trying my best to do that. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#asked #back #best #cigarette #dipping

We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without having your master card in your hand. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#big #card #diplomacy #gamble #hand

A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. ↗

— Caskie Stinnett

#actually #diplomat #forward #go #go to hell

Having no diplomatic representation in Washington, China has no sources which allow her to check the character of applicants and therefore makes the practice of refusing everybody from the United States. ↗

— Anna Louise Strong

#character #check #china #diplomatic #everybody

Before I got Doctor Who, I went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I went back to take the final grade exam, which is the grade you have to take before you can take the teacher's diploma. ↗

— Sarah Sutton

#before #diploma #doctor #drama #exam