“Showing up is not all of life, but it counts for a lot.”
Told to reporters http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/19/AR2009021903471.html on a flight to Soeul, Korea, February 20, 2009 <br class="br">Secretary of State (2009–2013)
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