#mats

They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#civil servants #diplomats #drawn #foreign #get

I paint because I love to cut mats. ↗

— Arthur Alexander

#cut #i #i love #love #mats

People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it. ↗

— Roone Arledge

#also #care #daily #diplomats #must

Formats are constantly changing, and there are really no rules for the way you put your records out anymore. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#changing #constantly #formats #out #put

I think it's important to encourage gluttony in all its formats. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#formats #gluttony #i #i think #important

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#drop #drown #every #fair #only

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#bourgeois #diplomats #i #me #metro

Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany. ↗

— Erik Larson

#around #by the people #chaotic #character #country

The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution there. But while there is an end date for Western engagement, 2014, there isn't a proper end game. ↗

— David Miliband

#aid #big #british #contribution #date

In a lot of formats, you can be really experimental and see what would happen. ↗

— Marguerite Moreau

#formats #happen #lot #really #see