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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Maybe you are the cool generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and...

Maybe you are the cool generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and...

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction...

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction...

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by...

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by...

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.

The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.

Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of...

Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of...

It won't make for a quiet life but it will make for an interesting paper...

It won't make for a quiet life but it will make for an interesting paper...

If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.

If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.

I've never been cool - and I don't care.

I've never been cool - and I don't care.

It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what's cool.

It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what's cool.

Rather be dead than cool.

Rather be dead than cool.

When I think of the definition of cool and when I look at people, John...

When I think of the definition of cool and when I look at people, John...

Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary.

Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary.

He's as cool as a prized marrow!

He's as cool as a prized marrow!

I've been in fights, but that doesn't make me cool or like a tough guy...

I've been in fights, but that doesn't make me cool or like a tough guy...

In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their...

In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their...

I'm a geek? I'm a nerd? Rather be that than a fool. Look where being...

I'm a geek? I'm a nerd? Rather be that than a fool. Look where being...

Sunday school don't make you cool forever.

Sunday school don't make you cool forever.

Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a...

Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a...

Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and...

Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and...