#lis

I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#country #i #imperialist #meddling #never

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#even #hoped #i #i think #little

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite. ↗

— Edward Albee

#bad #define #fact #good #good writer

I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#always #force #good #i #i have learned

I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#bring #center #did #done #established

I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. I would box them into a corner with a badly formed question, and they didn't know how to get out of it. Now, I let them take me through it step by step, and I listen. ↗

— Alan Alda

#assumed #badly #because #box #corner

I was quite excited, but I was sure I wouldn't win the race. I am a realist. ↗

— Jean Alesi

#excited #i #i am #quite #race

Well, I think the worst part about tribalism is its tendency to fundamentalize, and if I can fight fundamentalism in any of its forms I'm happy. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#any #fight #forms #fundamentalism #happy

He listens well who takes notes. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#notes #takes #well #who

Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small. ↗

— David Ives

#discriminatory #elitist #lists #print #small