Line #17 Quotes/AssInAmbassador


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5	->''"A diplomat is one who bravely goes abroad to lie for his country."''
6	-->-- English courtier
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8	->''"Annenberg appears at palace and forgets to remove a funny hat (early Chaplin, this); then he is briefed on how to begin the long march to the throne. "We start," he is told sternly, "with our left foot." Starting with the right foot, he approaches the Queen. With that graciousness for which she is insufficiently paid, Britannic Majesty asks if he is living at the embassy. Little does she know she is playing right into a [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Nixon]] joke. Like many Americans who [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense inherit money and evade school,]] Annenberg has not an easy way with the President's, much less the Queen's English. At first startled by the difficulty of the question, Annenberg gives a great Bert Lahr ''Uhhh.'' Then, laboriously, he constructs the following answer (like all great acts, this one improves with each airing): "We're in the embassy residence, subject, of course, to some of the discomfiture as a result of a need for, uh, elements of refurbishing and rehabilitation." Then a perfectly timed reaction shot of the Queen looking as if a cigar had exploded in her face."''
9	-->-- '''Creator/GoreVidal''', "An American Press Lord"
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11	->'''Delenn:''' We may be able to get the Pak'ma'ra onboard to help, but they will need something in exchange.\
12	'''Londo:''' Offer them my body. Another 10 minutes of this, I'll be dead anyway.\
13	'''G'kar:''' I second the motion.
14	-->-- ''Series/BabylonFive'', "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS05E03TheParagonOfAnimals The Paragon of Animals]]"
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16	->"''You're not here to change things! You're here to gain respect, according to their culture, and to demonstrate that they should throw in with the New Republic.''"
17	-->-- '''Tomer Darpin''' to '''Wedge Antilles''', who is refusing to follow [[BloodSport local customs]], ''Literature/XWingSeries''
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19	->''"We must acknowledge once and for all that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis."''
20	-->-- '''Spock''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E16TheMarkOfGideon The Mark of Gideon]]"
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22	->''"For a guy with diplomatic immunity, he's not very diplomatic."''
23	-->-- ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}''
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25	->''"Nit-witted ninepins! Bashi-bazouks! A C.D. plate''[[note]]Corps Diplomatique numberplate[[/note]]'', so you can do as you like! Certified Diplodocuses, that's what you are!"''
26	-->-- '''Captain Haddock''', ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'', "[[Recap/TintinTheCalculusAffair The Calculus Affair]]"
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28	->''"When in Rome, [[BaitAndSwitch do whatever the hell you want]]! You have diplomatic immunity, baby!"''
29	-->-- [[https://youtu.be/B_Cpv1AL0Jg This]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan video
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31	->'''Isvolsky:''' Aehrenthal... do you know what he has done? To ''diplomacy?'' Do you think anyone will ever ''trust'' anyone anymore?!\
32	'''Pourtales:''' What is certain, Baron, is that no-one will ever trust ''you'' anymore.\
33	'''Isvolsky:''' I'll take that risk! I think I can explain myself to Britain and France.\
34	'''Pourtales:''' And can you explain yourself to the Serbs, hmm? Can you explain to them [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_crisis how you bartered away their right to compensation in a secret deal]] -- and [[AmbitionIsEvil for your own advantage]]? And even worse, can you explain it to your own government, who are blithely demanding compensation at this moment, totally unaware that they have already sacrificed Serbia's right to it? ''You will do as you are told,'' otherwise [[{{Blackmail}} every letter, every document will be made available to the capitals of Europe]], and you will be seen for what you are: [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a cynical, unprincipled gambler who has no more regard for his friends than he has for his enemies!]]
35	-->-- ''Series/FallOfEagles''
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38	->''"Westerners accuse us of not conforming to diplomatic etiquette, but the standard for us to evaluate our work is not how foreigners look at us, but how people in China look at us. … Our work is evaluated by these standards, not whether foreigners are happy or not. We can’t stop doing it just because they are unhappy."''
39	-->-- Chinese diplomat explaining "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_warrior_diplomacy Wolf Warrior Diplomacy]]"

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