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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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Birmingham
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I believe that Reverend [Florine] Thompson's hit on something. My parents, I and a lot of my friends growing up in that community had tremendous drive.
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So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we're vulnerable, and vulnerable in ways that we didn't fully understand.
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It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails when you're trying to make a plan work.
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Even when you cherish democratic ideals, it is never easy to turn them into effective democratic institutions. This process will take decades.
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At no time did I intend to, or do I believe that I did put forward false information to the American people.
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I never found anybody I wanted to spend my life with. People say, Didn't you want to get married? Well, sure, but it's not abstract, there has to be someone you want to marry. I'm pretty traditional. Marriage would have to come first, before kids.
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No American president can support an Egypt that calls into question the historic treaty between Israel and Egypt. And no American president can support an Egypt that doesn't fully recognize women's rights or the rights of religious minorities.
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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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There's no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
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Well, there are many things, whenever you look back, that you would've done differently. We're all human. We do our best at the time. I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country. We came close, but we couldn't.
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I'm happy and content in my life, and I chalk that up to wonderful parents and a wonderful God.
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Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country.
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I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
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[In] the United States, we've always been held together by the belief that it doesn't matter where you came from. It matters where you're going.
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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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History's long arc is different than the today's headlines.
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The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
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We [The United States] believe the Iranian people want a future of freedom and human rights: the right to vote, to run for office, to express their views without fear and to pursue political causes. We would welcome the progress, prosperity and freedom of the Iranian people.
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I'm actually genuinely optimistic about the United States and what's possible in the United States. And when you're out here, you see Americans across racial and economic and socioeconomic lines working together. And you maybe get a little bit less cynical than when you sit in the seat of kind of the epicenter of it all.
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