Madeleine Albright Quotes
I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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However, while the Nazi barbarians and their collaborators threatened the entire world, I could not accept his philosophy and, after several earlier attempts, was finally accepted into the Canadian Infantry Corps during the last year of World War II.
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I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept.
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My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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The five patients in 'Rethinking Cancer' share with us the path of their recovery: the courage to take their own lives in their hands with a natural approach to healing their bodies.
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I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.
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We're not going to make Evolution or any of our other products depend on Mono anytime in the near future.
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Because Mr. Mandela's early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.
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The world is awaiting your gift - all you have to do is show up with the right intention!
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The gates of heaven surely are closed to those who decline to oppose totalitarianism with all their might.
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For me, writing is an experience. It's an exercise in which I want to discover myself by taking my characters to the edges of human experience, to the edges of themselves and then, asking certain questions - about love, what does it mean to love? What's beauty? What is true beauty? What does it mean to be insane - crazy?
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No matter the circumstances, teachers show up each day ready to give their students every opportunity possible, and they never give up.
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I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government.
