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The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.

Condoleezza Rice

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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Birmingham
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The U.S. has since the end of World War II had an answer - we stand for free peoples and free markets, we are willing to support and defend them - we will sustain a balance of power that favors freedom.
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I believe in having a private life.
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Life is full of surprises and and serendipity. Being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. If you try to plan every step, you may miss those wonderful twists and turns. Just find your next adventure-do it well, enjoy it-and then, not now, think about what comes next.
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I'm very proud that we stood for the proposition that no man, woman or child should ever have to live in tyranny. We believed in democracy and promoted it.
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We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.
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We need a common enemy to unite us.
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It takes courage to set priorities because doing so is an admission that American policy cannot be all things to all people - or rather to all interest groups
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What I tell student athletes is first of all, you've made good choices this far in order to be able to be in college and to be an athlete. Keep making good choices.
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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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I've never really been a workaholic.
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I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I'm always finding something funny.
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My job is to try to advance American foreign policy, to try to advance the president's agenda on democracy and human rights.
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Ultimately, we didn't go to Germany to create a democracy. We went to overthrow Adolf Hitler. But once a democracy was there, Germany was a much bigger supporter of and help to our national interests, both economic and security than had ever been before.
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I've always said that I expected to grow up and get married like any nice southern girl, but the fact is you don't get married in the abstract. You find someone that you'd like to be married to.
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I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn't have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
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