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I do not believe that things happen accidentally I believe you earn them.
Madeleine Albright
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Madeleine Albright
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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Marie Jana Körbelová
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Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright
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After the Cold War, to rally the American people to understand that we had to be a part of solutions. It's one thing to say that we have to run everything, it's another to say we don't want anything to do with it.
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My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.
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I really do think about the fact that every day counts. I believe that every individual counts, and so I believe that every day counts and I try not to waste it.
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I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair.
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For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.
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In diplomacy, clear-cut wins and losses are rare.
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History is written backwards but lived forwards.
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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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You have to learn to interrupt because you aren't going to get called on.
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Only in America could a refugee girl from Central Europe become secretary of state.
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