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I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.
Madeleine Albright
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Madeleine Albright
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
Politician
Writer
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Marie Jana Körbelová
Marie Jana Korbelová
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Marie Jana Korbelova
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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 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.
Madeleine Albright
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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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 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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A skilled diplomat rarely generates extreme reactions.
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I got married, I really waited a long time - three days after I graduated.
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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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I bought ... the pins with my three daughters in mind the ships are beautiful, graceful, and moving along at full sail, having long since left home port.
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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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Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences.
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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.
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I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.
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My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.
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I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central.
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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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Today, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing.
Madeleine Albright
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.
Madeleine Albright
Glass ceilings have been broken, but more have to be broken.
Madeleine Albright
I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.
Madeleine Albright
