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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of politics.
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When you're in government, of course, you have protection and you have people who are looking out for your wellbeing, but you can't live in a state of fear. If you do, you're not going to do your job very well and you're going to give yourself high blood pressure, which probably isn't worth it.
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Hillary Clinton is somebody of great intelligence. She is somebody who really loves this country, who speaks forcefully and well for American interests and values.
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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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What we will not wait for is that particular nexus of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction that is extremism, and the technology to come together in a way that is harmful to the United States.
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I believe in having a private life.
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I'm not personally fearful, but I look out, and there are a number of things that concern me, and I'm hopeful that we can overcome them.
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I never much cared for politics. I love policy, and I love international policy in particular. I got to be Secretary of State it really doesn't get much better than that. I love what I do. I love being a professor.
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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 believe our Presidents work hard and it's the loneliest job in the world.
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My Fox guys, I love every single one of them.
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I stick to playing Brahms, but I love listening to Led Zeppelin, and I've also been a big fan of Earth Wind and Fire since the Seventies and of The Gap Band since the Eighties.
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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 have no doubt that as the Iraqi security forces get better, and they are getting better and they are holding territory and they are doing these things with minimal help, that we are going to be able to bring down the levels of our forces. And I have no doubt that that's going to happen in a reasonable time frame.
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What the United States has done hasn't always been liked or popular. But if you look at some of the most populous places in the world - China, India - the United States is not only respected but, in fact, popular.
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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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There is nothing better than being in a classroom with really, really brilliant students, and opening up new worlds to them. That's what I love doing.
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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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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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We've got to get back to a sense of an American identity, and that identity is not nationality or religion or ethnicity. It is a particular idea, and that idea is that you should live in liberty and you should be able to pursue happiness.
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