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I seem to have very few casual readers, only passionate and appreciative ones. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#casual #few #i #ones #only

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#between #billiards #bunch #chess #game

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#assimilate #different #different view #information #leader

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

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

Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#cannot #destruction #enhancing #goal #him

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#carcass #corruption #decay #falls #government

The less routine the more life. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#less #more #routine

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#delayed #gotten #long #many #struggles

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#first #inspire #man #manliness #others