It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II.
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Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.
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The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.
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Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.
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We all live in a televised goldfish bowl.
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There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.
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Maybe you are the cool generation ... If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration.
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I'm very curious to know what the hell they're saying on the phone, but I'd be more worried if they weren't talking.
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If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.
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When I used to live in the Brewster Projects, I always thought it would be fantastic to have a phone. I would dream about a phone.
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A lawyer starts life giving 500 worth of law for 5 and ends giving 5 worth for 500.
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It's weird; he's very Method. He's just very into his character. I also don't want to like him because if I'm not going to be scared when he's chasing me for five days. So I just kind of keep my distance. But he's a character, for sure.
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A lawyer starts life giving $500 worth of law for $5 and ends giving $5 worth for $500.
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