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You have to have a strong sense of your values and a strong sense of who you are, because there are a lot of events and a lot of people who will pull you in this direction or that direction.

Condoleezza Rice

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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Academic
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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Birmingham
Alabama
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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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But we do have confidence in our institutions. We are not Russia. We have an executive that is constrained. We have a legislature that is real. We have a press that is free. We have courts that are independent. This is not Russia.
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We're all products of our environment, and I suspect that strength of will - the feeling, I'm going to be able to do whatever you put in front of me - is honed in an environment where not everything is easy. Ironically, growing up in that environment, you don't have a sense of aggrievement or entitlement. You just have a sense of overcoming.
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I remember classes in college where the professor was espousing certain theories about how blacks were inherently less intelligent. But I learned a long time ago to give people the benefit of the doubt, not to assume that somebody was reacting to you because of race.
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History's long arc is different than the today's headlines.
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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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We can't afford to let the international community and the world lose faith in the diplomatic track.
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The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.
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Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
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Prejudice and bigotry are brought down...by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice define the parameters of the possible.
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it is a longstanding principle that sitting national security advisers do not testify before the Congress.
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We have our differences with Russia. And some of those differences produce conflict. But by no means is this the Soviet Union. We have far more areas of cooperation with Russia than we have areas of conflict.
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I believe our Presidents work hard and it's the loneliest job in the world.
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This is the democratic process at work, What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.
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Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time...
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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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Working very closely with the Department of Homeland Security to match up what is available with what is needed.
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Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.
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Differences can be a strength.
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