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Sheri S. Tepper Quotes: The practice of diplomacy, I have found, is sometimes like eating soup with a fork: much activity yielding little nourishment.
         

The practice of diplomacy, I have found, is sometimes like eating soup with a fork: much activity yielding little nourishment.


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