Madeleine Albright Quotes

[John Kerry] actually stole my line because when I became Secretary of State, I said, 'I hope my heels will fill Warren Christopher's shoes.' So he reversed that.

Madeleine Albright

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• [John Kerry] actually stole my line because when I became Secretary of State, I said, 'I hope my heels will fill Warren Christopher's shoes.' So he reversed that.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Hope
  • Shoes
  • States