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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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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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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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Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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Everyone wants Russia to be a prosperous, democratic state that is fully integrated.
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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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As Americans we like to believe that we're loved in international politics or that people like what we're doing. But we also recognize that we have an extraordinary responsibility to do what we think is right, and that sometimes what we do is not very popular.
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I believe in having a private life.
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I don't believe for a minute anybody allowed people to suffer because they are African Americans.
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Well, of course, all of the statistics say there are fewer eligible black men in my circle. But I've never thought of it that way. I believe that if the right person came into my life that would have been terrific.
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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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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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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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Iran can and should be a responsible state, not the leading state sponsor of terror.
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[My favorite dish to cook] is fried chicken, and by the way I'm good at it, too. I make really good fried chicken.
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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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Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
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Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people.
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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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Richard Clarke had plenty of opportunities to tell us, in the administration, that he thought the war on terrorism was moving in the wrong direction and he chose not to.
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First, I wanted to answer the question I'm most frequently asked: How did you become who you are? Well, you had to know John and Angelena Rice.
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