#eve

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. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#brilliant #completely #even #everybody #i

Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury. ↗

— Florence E. Allen

#called #fact #groups #had #here

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#i #i think #indispensable #know #leader

The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#capability #figure #fully #good #interests

Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day! ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#every #every day #generous #lose #most

I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#commercial #everyone #good #i #influenced

Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#fun #his #know #man #mean

What is lovely never dies, put passes into other loveliness. ↗