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Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.

Madeleine Albright

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person’s shoes.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Believe Myself Person Success Yourself
I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Act Faith Life Myself Success
Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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Determination Goodness Win
Though I had never written a memoir, I was confident that given enough time, I could do a serviceable job. Not elegant, but blunt, informative and funnier than most readers would expect.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Confidence Expectation Funny Job Myself Reading Time Writing
The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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Beginning Human Issue
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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Development Myself Quite Silence Time Voice
The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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Human Responsibility Right
To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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Mess One Liner Reality World
I really do think about the fact that every day counts. I believe that every individual counts, and so I believe that every day counts and I try not to waste it.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Believe Myself Thinking Wasted Time
I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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Enough Man Myself Oppression Time Woman
Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Character Reputation Yourself
There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
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Choice Deep Religion Yourself
Fascism, most of the students agreed, is an extreme form of authoritarian rule. Citizens are required to do exactly what leaders say they must do, nothing more, nothing less.
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Authority Citizenship Control Leadership Oppression Rule Student
I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Believe Deserve Myself Yourself
For the DPRK and its military, the ouster of Saddam Hussein conveyed a powerful message: it’s not enough to pretend to have weapons of mass destruction. To be secure, a nation must build them, own them, and hide them.
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Destruction Enough Hide Nation Powerful Pretend Secure Weapon
A Fascist who launches his career by being voted into office will have a claim to legitimacy that others do not.
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Career Himself Vote

Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.

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