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It seems to me that the fact that I am a woman is a bigger issue than the fact that I'm from the East. For me it isn't really important. I've only ever known myself as a woman.

Angela Merkel
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"'I Am Immune to the Seduction of Power'". Interview with Ralf Neukirch, Gabor Steingart and Stefan Aust, www.spiegel.de. October 17, 2005.
It seems to me that the fact that I am a woman is a bigger issue than the fact that I'm from the East. For me it isn't really important. I've only ever known myself as a woman.