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Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.

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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But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home.
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the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.
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I enjoy wearing pins, and nobody tells me to do it.
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If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.
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I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.
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I got married, I really waited a long time - three days after I graduated.
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I felt that America's duty was not to try to do everything itself, but to foster a sense of commitment that would bring out the best in every country.
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I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
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Unfortunately for the Iraqi people, instead of meeting these requirements, for six years, Saddam Hussein has lied, delayed, obstructed and tried to deceive
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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 think the hardest part [is] the priorities. There are an awful lot of things to do [being Secretary of State].
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Women have to work exceptionally hard.
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My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.
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And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the “my way or the highway” approach that was evident in the previous eight years.
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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 spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.
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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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For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.
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NATO has been a thread throughout my life.
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