Madeleine Albright Quotes
The reason I made women's issues central to American foreign policy, was not because I was a feminist, but because we know that societies are more stable if women are politically and economically empowered.
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I have been the struggler of the century. Fortunately, everyone loves the underdog.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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IM is interesting because you look at your buddy list and, at a glance, see what your friends are listening to, what they're working on, what they're doing. The problem was that you were bound to the computer keyboard.
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I think that we are trying to put data communications, telecommunications and media communications together and be the No. 1 player there.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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A lot of the time, when I watch actors now, I think, 'I don't believe you.'
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
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My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
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Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'
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I started playing in bars when I was about 15 years old, and there are things that I saw early on that really shaped who I am.
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China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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I truly believe that love is greater than politics.
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There is something very satisfactory about being in the middle of something.
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Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really at.
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In early 1961 a new president, John F. Kennedy, was told by military leaders and civilian officials that the Kingdom of Laos - of no conceivable strategic importance to the U.S. - required the presence of American troops and perhaps even tactical nuclear weapons. Why? Because if Laos fell, Asia would go red from Thailand to Indonesia.
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I was a super active kid, so I've always been aware of where my body is in space, and I think when I had my legs amputated, it makes you more aware of your body, and because I don't use my legs, I use more of my hands.
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The reason I made women's issues central to American foreign policy, was not because I was a feminist, but because we know that societies are more stable if women are politically and economically empowered.
