#real

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#dream #greater #hope #life #likely

I have to tell you, my seven-year-old granddaughter said to my daughter, her mother, 'So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of State.' Most of her lifetime, it's true. But at the time it really was a big deal. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#been #big #big deal #daughter #deal

One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#did #i #issue #just #just be

I think it's really important to mix cardio with toning, so I love boxing and then add in Pilates or ballet to keep me long and lean and avoid bulking up. ↗

— Lily Aldridge

#avoid #ballet #boxing #cardio #i

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.' ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#begin #conversations #heads #i #like

But the real interesting stuff is in the cellar and the attic. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#cellar #interesting #interesting stuff #real #stuff

In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#i #i can #limited #real-world #terms

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#anything #haven #learn #learned #meaning

There's something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches. ↗