#is

Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#i #idealist #into #make #me

Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#chosen #destruction #his #hussein #mass

I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#father #i #imagine #like #only

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath. ↗

— Arnold H. Glasow

#bath #facts #fish #giving #life

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

Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#american #american interests #both #china #dialogue

Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#am #because #bottom #bottom line #business

Kids are natural scientists. ↗

— Alan Alda

#natural #scientists

Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#active #interrupt #know #listeners #talking

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#against #defends #his #influences #own