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Leaders are made by the situations they are involved in. I think that some rise to the occasion and some do not.
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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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances that was and is our common purpose.
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If there's nobody in your way, you're not going anywhere.
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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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