S. M. Stirling Quotes
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We must never relent in our efforts to resolve conflicts through diplomacy and through all of the instruments bestowed by the Charter of the United Nations.
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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
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Many of the stranger but most frequently quoted scenes in 'Billy Madison' were unplanned.
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My style in diplomacy is my style as a human being - I'm very direct and very honest.
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We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late... The science is clear. The global warming debate is over.
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ABBA was a direct influence on me.
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German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case.
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Nobody in England knows the real Luis Suarez.
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If you're trying to do what's popular now, you're way behind already. By the time you record it and do it and try to copy it, it's moved on.
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There's nothing people like better than being asked an easy question. For some reason, we're flattered when a stranger asks us where Maple Street is in our hometown and we can tell him.
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Blessed are they who feel like pilgrims and strangers in this life, and whose best things are all to come!
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Lots of things were there [in the seventies], in the social experience, but not quite named, lurking like a stranger on the edge of the playground.
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With my old man I got no respect. He told me never take candy from a stranger unless he offered me a ride.
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All darkness vanished, when I saw the Lamp within my heart.
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Follow your instincts, and handle all with respect and diplomacy.
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Oh - oh, why is it that the members of a family feel privileged to treat one another with a cruelty they would not exhibit to the merest stranger?
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I'm a weirdo that goes on stage to make strangers laugh, but if I wasn't working, I would just want to be with my wife and kids. I don't even think I'd want to go out to dinner.
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The owner of a local cannabis café told reporters George Clooney was no stranger there.
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Well obviously, when you're in a band you have to diplomatic about things. Everybody wants to put in their two cents and while sometimes it works, often times it also doesn't, and a lot of times it leads to arguments, like when there's too many cooks in the kitchen.
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I deal with painting as I deal with things, I paint a window just as I look out of a window. If an open window looks wrong in a picture, I draw the curtain and shut it, just as I would in my own room. In painting, as in life, you must act directly.
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Love is reducing the universe to one being.
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I'm always diplomatic when heavily outnumbered by armed strangers.
