"My father passed away after three years of……" — Christine Lagarde
"My father passed away after three years of debilitating disease, which transformed a very strong and bright man into a real wreck. And that is hard. You have to get out of that stronger, if you can, which I was lucky to be able to. I was the eldest of the family, and I had to support my mother and help my brothers."
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38 Quotes by Christine Lagarde
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The financial industry is a service industry. It should serve others before it serves itself.
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When women do better, economies do better.
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