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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.

Madeleine Albright

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Madeleine Albright
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
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Marie Jana Körbelová
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I went to college somewhere between the invention of the iPad and the discovery of fire... but I had gone to a women's college.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.
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Glass ceilings have been broken, but more have to be broken.
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Obviously Iran is a very large problem. It's hard to decide what the number one issue [is], but that is a very threatening problem.
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I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.
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I can't go out with a Republican.
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Well we're good friends so I'm a little prejudice, but I think [Hillary Clinton] is incredibly qualified, and better prepared to be president than almost anyone who's ever run frankly.
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The bottom line is, the more we have a cadre of women moving up the scale, and it doesn't seem threatening, and people realize that women actually work much harder than men, and realize that they need more women in these jobs, I think that goes away.
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