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• Your government has problems...my government has problems. I can't be a judge. All I can do is be an ambassador of love. I'm a musician, not a soldier, and if I'm invited to a place in order to play and bring love, I'll always accept the invitation.

  Meshell Ndegeocello

  Government, Israel, Order

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• When we can really put ourselves in the shoes of the other, when we can reach new depths of empathy, then we can be effective ambassadors of peace.

  James O'Dea

  Shoes, Empathy, Depth

  James O'Dea (2012). “Cultivating Peace: Becoming a 21st Century Peace Ambassador”, p.67, Red Wheel/Weiser

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• A little man makes a mistake and they hang him by the thumbs; the big ones become ambassadors.

  Arthur Miller

  Mistake, Men, Thumbs

  Arthur Miller (2015). “The Penguin Arthur Miller: Collected Plays (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.131, Penguin

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• I know their game. First, the traders and the missionaries: then the ambassadors: then the cannon. It's better to go straight to the cannon.

  Tewodros II

  Games, Firsts, Traders

  Quoted in Basil Davidson, Africa in Modern History: The Search for a New Society (1978)

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• Nixon urged Clinton to maintain his relationship with Yeltsin but make contact with other democrats in Russia. He warned Clinton away from some ultranationalists and toward those interested in liberty and reform. He pressed Clinton to replace his ambassador in Kiev and concentrate future U.S. economic aid on Ukraine, where it would matter most.

  Nancy Gibbs

  Russia, Ukraine, Liberty

  Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy (2012). “The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity”, p.428, Simon and Schuster

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• More evangelicals today will visit abortion mills as clients than as ambassadors of Jesus Christ.

  R. C. Sproul, Jr.

  Jesus, Abortion, Today

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• God, from whose territory I had withdrawn my ambassadors at the age of fourteen. It had become obvious that he was never going to do a thing I said.

  Quentin Crisp

  Age, Territory, Said

  "The Naked Civil Servant". Book by Quentin Crisp, Chapter 16, 1968.

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• The best ambassador is a warship.

  Michelle J. Howard

  Foreign Policy, Policy, Warships

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• Rather than spend millions getting film stars, I am quite happy to be brand ambassador myself.

  Vijay Mallya

  Stars, Film, Brands

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• Lord, I'm available to be your ambassador and if there is someone you would like me to speak with today you can bring that person across my path.

  Vonette Bright

  Today, Path, Speak

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• I came from a background where I was very poor growing up but I have never known poverty. My parents worked hard and they went to bed hungry, but they fed us. Then my father became an ambassador, so I ended up being driven by chauffeurs. And then we became refugees. After that, I looked at it through this "glass" of to have and have not, and at the end of the day, who actually helps, who actually steps up, who is there for you.

  Iman Abdulmajid

  Growing Up, Father, Glasses

  Source: time.com

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• As a Goodwill Ambassador for YouthAIDS, I've learned that the face of AIDS is increasingly young and female. By educating young people and empowering them to make the right choices we can stop the spread of HIV/AIDS

  Ashley Judd

  People, Choices, Empowering

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• Become an ambassador of peace in your own life.

  Bryant H. McGill

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• Kids are the biggest brand ambassadors of Swachh Bharat initiative.

  Narendra Modi

  Kids, Empowerment, India

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• I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job.

  Marcus du Sautoy

  Jobs, Thinking, Land

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• I think that people are generally really terrible at being ambassadors of their own work.

  Emily Gould

  Thinking, People, Terrible

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Ernie Banks was a great great player and when he no longer could play, he became a great ambassador for the game. He represented the game with the highest of class and dignity. Everybody loved Ernie Banks. He enjoyed baseball, life and people. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. We have truly lost a baseball giant.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Baseball, Prayer, Player

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• I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Voice, Giving, Chance

  "Benedict Cumberbatch interview: On the couch with Mr Cumberbatch". Interview with Emma John, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2011.

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• You are here to step into the shoes of UN ambassadors - to draft resolutions, to plot strategy, to negotiate with your allies as well as your adversaries. Your goal may be to resolve a conflict, to cope with a natural disaster or to bring nations together on an issue like climate change. You may be playing a role, but you are also preparing for life. You are acting as global citizens.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Shoes, Issues, Goal

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• I'm not a party animal; I took my job as Miss USA very seriously Sometimes, of course, I want to let it all go. Even though I'm a beauty queen, you're also an unofficial ambassador, and there's a lot of pressure.

  Rima Fakih

  Jobs, Queens, Party

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• Hopefully I get to come back [to Israel] next year. It's really great to see the encouragement [from] my friends, especially within the Hollywood circle, for me to be an ambassador [for Israel]. Because I'm in love with Israel, and I know everyone else will if they just take the opportunity.

  Kellan Lutz

  Encouragement, Opportunity, Years

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• I got approached by SoBe a few months ago about being an ambassador and I learned about the previous ones including Naomi Campbell, so I was instantly interested! Then I tried and really liked it. It's different and has interesting flavours... we don't have anything like it in the U.K.

  Ellie Goulding

  Interesting, Different, Months

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A man-of-war is the best ambassador.

  Oliver Cromwell

  Military, War, Men

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• In our behavior, in the words we write and speak, we can become ambassadors of God's inspiration. Whenever we strive to lift up others in ways that are good and noble we are serving as radiating centers for God's inspiration.

  Wilferd Peterson

  God, Christian, Religious

  Wilferd Arlan Peterson, Xizhen Wu (1978). “當代的生活藝術”

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• It is the understanding of others and the awareness of their needs, that the ambassador of CHRIST should strive to cultivate

  Larry Crabb

  Understanding, Needs, Awareness

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