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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
Politician
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Marie Jana Körbelová
Marie Jana Korbelová
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright
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Marie Jana Korbelova
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John Kerry knows more about more subjects than an awful lot of people. But I think it's a very hard job [Secretary of State].
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I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done.
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If there's nobody in your way, you're not going anywhere.
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There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away.
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I think we all are people that are the product of our backgrounds. It's wrong to think that you're not.
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I can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that.
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I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.
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I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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You have to learn to interrupt because you aren't going to get called on.
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Armageddon is not a foreign policy.
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NATO has been a thread throughout my life.
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I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.
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I get up every morning and I'm grateful for everything that has happened. I go through my list about being grateful for my children and grandchildren, and for the really remarkable life that I have been able to have.
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As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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Every new president inherits headaches, but President Obama has inherited an entire emergency room.
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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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The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly independent parties to participate. Sham democracy should be exposed for what it truly is.
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China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.
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