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The interesting part is, that being the United States Secretary of State, most places I went didn't have a problem with me being a woman, because I was representing the United States.
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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I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.
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Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.
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