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“An ambassador is someone who thinks twice before he says nothing” -
attributed to one of India's ambassadors in Argentina at the time.”
― The Accidental Ambassador
attributed to one of India's ambassadors in Argentina at the time.”
― The Accidental Ambassador
“The citizens have “the extraordinary and exhausting practice of sitting down to dinner at any time between 10m and 11 p.m. I found it challenging to stay animated and conversational when my normal bedtime was usually about the time that the first course was being cleared”.”
― The Accidental Ambassador
― The Accidental Ambassador
“Given that the doubtless unsuspecting taxpayers of South Africa provided every diplomat abroad with free housing, a foreign service allowance (in addition to salary) and, in the case of ambassadors, two full-time, live-in domestics, it became apparent why many found such a feather-bedded life abroad so appealing”.”
― The Accidental Ambassador
― The Accidental Ambassador
