Madeleine Albright Quotes
Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.

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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
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I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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Let us have peace.
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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That's the key I may be up early, but I'm in bed early too.
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Every joke in 'The Office' was unexpected. I cringed; I could hardly look. I cried with laughter.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy.
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We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
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I am a very selfish person.
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A novel - it's also a way of attacking subjects that you cannot confront in the eye.
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I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.
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Soccer players generally burn through all of their carbohydrate stores by halftime, so how are you going to replace those? That's what we do at halftime.
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When I did play team sports, I was into soccer and hockey. I loved hockey. And then rock climbing became the thing that got me out of Iowa, and I traveled the world for rock climbing. I really loved the, I guess you would say, dirtbag lifestyle of not eating much and traveling the world and slipping into different cultures and just observing.
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Those who read and rightly understand my teaching will not start an insurrection; they have not learned that from me.
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There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar.
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Sadly, for some mothers, this experience can be made so much harder due to challenges with our very mental health.
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Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.