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Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and… — Colin Powell
The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests. — Vladimir Putin
A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace. — Yitzhak Rabin
White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues. — Jeffrey Sachs
Players have a great deal of flexibility when conducting diplomatic relations with their allies. — Michael K. Simpson
My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on. — Kathleen Turner
People who run environmental groups and things like that, who have to listen to all kinds of nonsense and keep their tempers, are very diplomatic… — Sigourney Weaver
I was never the diplomatic diplomat. — Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage. — John Zorn
I am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic. — Anurag Kashyap
Stay here til I come to fetch you." I no longer recognize you in the Republic of Joy," I loftily informed him. "Our diplomatic ties… — Katie MacAlister
Lucy was suffering from the most grievous wrong which this world has yet discovered: diplomatic advantage had been taken of her sincerity, of her craving… — E. M. Forster
You weren't able to talk sense into him?" Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death." I see.… — Rick Riordan
Papa, I'm ashamed that you think women are so simple. We can make decisions for ourselves too, you know. I'm not a child or a… — Steve Kluger
And I found Jesus very disturbing, very straightforward. He wasn't diplomatic, and yet I felt like if I met Him, He would really like me.… — Donald Miller
I tried to be diplomatic, but mostly I just lied a lot. — Stephenie Meyer
Behold the Drojim Palace," King Urgit said extravagantly to Sadi, "the hereditary home of the House of Urga." "A most unusual structure, You Majesty," Sadi… — David Eddings
You had this young man with you for... what, six years?" Halt shrugged. "Near enough," he replied. "And did you ever understand a word he… — John Flanagan
You do realize you just insulted me, right?" "How so?" "You implied that I can't protect her or my people." I looked at him. "That's… — Ilona Andrews
Most people in Seoul don't care about the North's belligerent statements: The farther one is from the Korean Peninsula, the more one will find people… — Andrei Lankov
My diplomatic position will not consist of going and kneeling down in front of George Bush. — Segolene Royal
My father had been in the German Diplomatic Service, and although he had been in the United States since World War II and out of… — Hermann Eilts
I was initially assigned to the American Consulate in Aden, not as Principal Officer but as a supernumerary officer to handle Yemen affairs. We had… — Hermann Eilts
When I was in London at NBC, I was the lowest man on the totem pole. I would go to diplomatic receptions to meet people. — Leslie Cockburn
As a Korean War Veteran, I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before… — Charles B. Rangel

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