"Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states."

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Source : Francesco Guicciardini (1755). “The history of Italy: from the year 1490 to 1532”, p.40

Francesco Guicciardini

#Eye Quotes #Ears Quotes #Ambassadors Quotes

“A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.”
“The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation's natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.”
“Looping isn't an effect: it's your playing, only more of it and, if you hang with it, it'll uncover previously hidden facets from the body of your music. Remember: the original source of any loop is whatever your sound is, at the moment of input.”
“I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun.”

Source : George Plimpton (2003). “George Plimpton on Sports”, Lyons Press
“Only insofar as you enjoy being sorry, my dear, which, while it is a considerable amount, occurs only after the fact, thus making it a singularly ineffective deterrent, yes?”
“Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go.”
“Every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face of the Lord, who even before he was born, and then just after birth, experienced the worldâ€™s rejection. And every elderly personâ€¦even if he is ill or at the end of his days, bears the face of Christ. They cannot be discarded, as the â€˜culture of wasteâ€™ suggests!”
“I might be a wicked girl who'd think nothing of eating a baby for breakfast, but I'd never allow myself to get expelled. It's far too public.”

Source : Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.18, A&C Black

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