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I have a point of view. You have a point of view. God has view. — Madeleine L'Engle

The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics. — Madeleine Albright

I've always loved singing. I find it exhilarating. — Madeleine Peyroux

There is little advantage in pleasing ourselves when we please no one else, for our great self-love is often chastised by the scorn of others. — Madeleine De Souvre, Marquise De ...

When a character wants to do one thing and I want him to do another, the character is usually right. — Madeleine L'Engle

A man should have a hobby. It keeps him out of trouble. -Madeleine Pilaster — Ken Follett

We are all broken, we human creatures, and to pretend we're not is to inhibit healing. — Madeleine L'Engle

Do you know how lucky you are?" She smiled rather wryly. "Not most of the time. — Madeleine L'Engle

She screamed out... and whether it was to help him or for him to help her, she did not know. — Madeleine L'Engle

If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin. — Madeleine M. Kunin

If your name isn't known, then it's a very lonely feeling. — Madeleine L'Engle

Many businesses oppose any government mandates, even if they are already following them. — Madeleine M. Kunin

I wish this were just a nightmare that we could wake up from. — Madeleine Roux

Everyone in the room was so spectral-looking that Madeleine's natural healthiness seemed suspect, like a vote for Reagan. — Jeffrey Eugenides

Marines either know how to use an iron or they get married [ ... ]. The iron is less dangerous. — Madeleine Urban

Personally, I'm not a whiner. I don't believe in complaining about something if you don't have a realistic plan for how to fix it. — Madeleine George

How many times did he have to learn that things could always get worse? His — Madeleine Roux

A community to be truly community, must have a quality of unselfconsciousness about it. — Madeleine L'Engle

I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country. — Madeleine Albright

Michael would take us on location and see how the colors worked in the forests and fields. — Madeleine Stowe

I was struck by the joy of those pilots in committing coldblooded murder ... Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice. — Madeleine Albright

Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition. — Madeleine L'Engle

If he thought about it, he'd cut and run - as far and as fast as he possibly could. — Madeleine Urban

Meg's eyes were too bright. I wish human beings couldn't have feelings. I am having feelings. They hurt. — Madeleine L'Engle

Reading is a creative activity. You have to visualize the characters, you have to hear what the voices sound like. — Madeleine L'Engle

The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in North Korea. — Madeleine Albright

Ach,' she heard someone saying, 'I left mein ceinture dans le shower ce morgen. Quelle dope ich bin! — Madeleine L'Engle

Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling. — Madeleine L'Engle

You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father. — Madeleine L'Engle

Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the craftsman.) — Madeleine L'Engle

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity. — Madeleine M. Kunin

Part of doing something is listening. We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind. — Madeleine L'Engle

All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs. — Madeleine L'Engle

As human beings, the closest we can get to truth is through story. — Madeleine L'Engle

I cannot find it in me to believe that God enjoys long faces and scowls at merriment. — Madeleine L'Engle

It is ... through the world of the imagination which takes us beyond the restrictions of provable fact, that we touch the hem of truth. — Madeleine L'Engle

We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed. — Madeleine M. Kunin

I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor. — Madeleine Albright

Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known. — Madeleine L'Engle

No matter how true I believe what I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have failed. — Madeleine L'Engle

We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts. — Madeleine L'Engle

Believing takes practice. — Madeleine L'Engle

You can't do over what's already been done, but you sure can undo it. Not easy, but you can undo it. — Madeleine Roux

I felt that America's duty was not to try to do everything itself, but to foster a sense of commitment that would bring out the best in every country. — Madeleine Albright

The minute we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget the questions. — Madeleine L'Engle

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future. — Madeleine Albright

'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women. — Madeleine M. Kunin

Why does anybody do anything?" Mimi asked impatiently. "Most of the time we don't know
any of us. — Madeleine L'Engle

Man is; it matters to him; this is terrifying unless it matters to God, too, because this is the only possible reason we can matter to ourselves ... — Madeleine L'Engle

Don't keep putting your anger off. Until you go through it, you can't get out of it. — Madeleine L'Engle

If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered. — Madeleine Albright

But I'm not patient!" cried Meg passionately. "I've never been patient! — Madeleine L'Engle

Anger is not bitterness. Bitterness can go on eating at a man's heart and mind forever. Anger spends itself in its own time. — Madeleine L'Engle

Any reason why we couldn't just ditch the condoms from now on?" Surprise — Madeleine Urban

I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central. — Madeleine Albright

There are still stars which move in ordered and beautiful rhythm. There are still people in this world who keep promises. — Madeleine L'Engle

Early childhood education begins early, even before birth. — Madeleine M. Kunin

There is in God, some say, a deep but dazzling darkness. — Madeleine L'Engle

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important. — Madeleine Albright

She felt that she was being measured and found wanting. — Madeleine L'Engle

We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction. — Madeleine Albright

Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue. — Madeleine M. Kunin

The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America. — Madeleine Albright

I would, quite often, like to be grownup, wise, and sophisticated. But these gifts are not mine. — Madeleine L'Engle

I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out of difficult situations. — Madeleine Peyroux

Prayer is whenever we consciously try to get in contact with the numinous, the ineffable, the marvelous. — Madeleine L'Engle

When a bride insists on telling her lover everything, I suspect she is looking for a father, not a husband. — Madeleine L'Engle

I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me. — Madeleine Albright

When there is violence against any person in society, because he or she is different, it threatens us all. Only by speaking out are any of us safe. — Madeleine M. Kunin

Wherever there's laughter, there is heaven. — Madeleine L'Engle

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy. — Madeleine Albright

Julian," he whispered pleadingly. "Please don't leave me. — Madeleine Urban

Hate hurts the hater more'n the hated. — Madeleine L'Engle

Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to the work. — Madeleine L'Engle

You're just a big softy," he taunted. "The last person said that to me got Viagra in his coffee next morning," Ty warned seriously. — Madeleine Urban

The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom. — Madeleine Albright

Some things have to be believed to be seen. — Madeleine L'Engle

Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point. French. Pascal. The heart has its reasons, whereof reason knows nothing. — Madeleine L'Engle

There are an awful lot of things going on that need understanding and explanation, but - to put it mildly - the world is a mess. — Madeleine Albright

That's quite something, to be loved by someone like Mrs Whatsit. — Madeleine L'Engle

He loved Ty Grady with all there was to give of his heart, and in the end, all it had taken was one wink for Zane to finally come to terms with it. As — Madeleine Urban

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

We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition. — Madeleine M. Kunin

And sometimes when we listen, we are led into places we do not expect, into adventures we do not always understand. — Madeleine L'Engle

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference. — Madeleine Albright

The refusal to love is the only unbearable thing. — Madeleine L'Engle

Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing. — Madeleine Peyroux

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable. — Madeleine M. Kunin

Active happiness is not a common state. Active unhappiness is better than dull days. Katherine was seldom in an intermediate stage. — Madeleine L'Engle

Maybe we have to sin, to know ourselves human, faulty and flawed, before there is any possibility of greatness." - Nik — Madeleine L'Engle

When we can play with the unself-conscious concentration of a child, this is: art: prayer: love. — Madeleine L'Engle

When women and men can shed an equal quantity of tears in public, that's when we'll have equal power. — Madeleine M. Kunin

Oh child, your language is so utterly simple and limited that it has the affect of extreme complication.
-Aunt Beast — Madeleine L'Engle

We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues. — Madeleine L'Engle

It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter. — Madeleine L'Engle

Take it from someone who fled the Iron Curtain: I know what happens when you give the Russians a green light. — Madeleine Albright

Women today are bombarded with so many messages, like we should have Naomi Campbell's body and Madeleine Albright's career. — Helen Fielding

There was no light. The darkness was deep and there was no dazzle. — Madeleine L'Engle

I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are. — Madeleine L'Engle

There is always enough self-love hidden beneath the greatest devoutness to set limits on charity. — Madeleine De Souvre, Marquise De ...