#ambassador

I was approached by Oxfam to go to Mali as their ambassador and get involved in their various initiatives out there. But I felt that was missing the point of using me, a musician. ↗

— Damon Albarn

#approached #felt #get #go #i

There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#ambassador #before #came #generation #great

A lot of my reading over the next few months will be the works of Hans Christian Andersen - I have been appointed an ambassador for the bicentenary celebrations of his birth next year. ↗

— Roger Moore

#appointed #been #birth #celebrations #christian

For 'Around the World in 80 Plates' we got to travel all over, having what was like a cross between a culinary competition and races. And in each country we had a chef Ambassador. We went to London, Barcelona, Bologna, Hong Kong, Thailand, Morocco... It was amazing. ↗

— Curtis Stone

#ambassador #around #barcelona #between #chef

There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part. ↗

— Charles Spalding

#action #ambassador #else #endless #everyone

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#ambassador #longer #plays #who

An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country. ↗

— Henry Wotton

#ambassador #benefit #country #his #honest

I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did not feel entitled to intervene; but that, directly it was a matter between Austria and Russia, it became a question of the peace of Europe, which concerned us all. ↗

— Edward Grey

#ambassador #austria #became #between #concerned

Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right knows that the U.S. position in the world is far more dependent on our ability to compete in world markets. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#ambassador #any #compete #dependent #far

I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#be the first #first #i #like #states