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"In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together."
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"I'm busy, you're busy, everybody's busy. I've got a lot I want to say to you, though. 'All right, Pia told her. 'Hit me with it. 'First, I'm so sorry about what my uncle Urien did to you guys. I hate him, he killed my family, and we're going to cut off his head, and then I have to be Queen, but before that happens let's do lunch, okay?"

"It is easier to start a war than to end it."

"Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth."

"You weren't able to talk sense into him?"Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death."I see. You tried the diplomatic approach."

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."

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"Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world."

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