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

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Former United States Secretary of State, born on May 15, 1937. Madeleine Albright was a key figure in American foreign policy during the Cold War and served as the first female Secretary of State under the Clinton administration. more

“I was pulled this way and that for longer than I can remember. And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own. I have also been called one thing and then another while no one really wished to hear what I called myself. So after years of trying to adopt the opinions of others I finally rebelled. I am an invisible man.”

Men Way Trying Years I Can Problem Remember My Own Opinion One Thing Invisible

Book:Invisible Man

Source: Invisible Man

“It's not easy being so frightened of everything. And when I think of how much I've improved in the last year, I wonder when I'll ever get finished with making changes and be really grown up.”

Thinking Years Lasts Easy Wonder Finished Frightened Last Year Making Changes

Book:There's a Bat in Bunk Five

Source: There's a Bat in Bunk Five

“So do you remember this place?" "Hard to forget." he snorted. "This is where you tried to kill me. You were so nervous, you kept blushing. Never had someone try to stake me who blushed so much.”

Trying Hard Remember Forget Nervous Stakes Kill Me Blushing

Author:Jeaniene Frost

“Graves are for the living, not the dead. It gives us something to concentrate on instead of the fact that our loved one is rotting under the ground.”

Giving Facts Graves Loved Ones Rotting

Book:Guilty Pleasures: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

Source: Guilty Pleasures: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

“The problem in public life is learning to overcome terror; the problem in married life is learning to overcome boredom.”

Problem Life Is Married Overcoming Terror Boredom Public Life Married Life Cholera

Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“Make no mistake, the woman had a heart. She had a bigger one that people would think. There was a lot in it, stored up, high in miles of hidden shelving. Remember that she was the woman with the instrument strapped to her body in the long, moon-slit night.”

People Thinking Heart Long Body Remember Night Mistake Moon Bigger Instruments Miles Slits

Book:The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“I don't like to see all my energies, all of my youth, wasted in fur coats and radios and slipcovers.”

Energy Youth Radio Coats Fur Fur Coats

Book:John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings

Source: John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings

“Ethan and I are done," I said finally. "I'm sorry." "He was my first boyfriend." "I know." "The only real boyfriend I've had. I'm a senior in high school and he was my only real boyfriend." "I know." "And I won't find another one at Jones Hall. That is guaranteed." "Okay." "This is all very sad and tragic," I said. Alan unwrapped a sleeve of Smarties. "Yet, oddly, you don't seem that upset." "I know.”

Knows Firsts Said Real Done Seems School High School Okay Sorry Upset Tragic Halls I'm Sorry Senior Sleeves Very Sad High School Senior First Boyfriend Smarties

Book:Sweethearts

Source: Sweethearts

“I’m busy sorting through our new collection of rhinestone jewelry. Should anyone be in the market for sparkly accessories the size of a hubcap, this is the place to get them. Earlier today, a customer picked up one of the enormous chandelier-style offerings and asked, 'Do those be genuine rhimestones?' I couldn’t even begin to explain everything that was wrong with her sentence, so I simply replied, 'Yes. They do be genuine.”

Should Today Style Busy Size Customers Sentences Genuine Enormous Collections Offering Jewelry Accessories Sorting Chandeliers

Author:Jen Lancaster

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