Quote by Madeleine Albright
No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground. – Madeleine Albright

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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

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Business
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I hope Im wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy – worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region. – Madeleine Albright

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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesnt mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, youve forgotten high school. – Madeleine Albright

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Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. Its also about mutual help, not about exploitation. – Paul Theroux

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Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded. – Gertrude Stein

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Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. – William Blake

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