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I've found my place in life, that I'm passionate about, my talents and my passion have merged, and I'm trying to do the best that I can.

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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Academic
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Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
Pedagogue
Pianist
Political Scientist
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University Teacher
Birmingham
Alabama
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It's so much a part of me that it's almost hard to describe myself in the absence of [faith].
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Punish France, ignore Germany, and forgive Russia.
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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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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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Differences can be a strength.
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The PDB (Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.) does not say the United States is going to be attacked. It says Bin Laden would like to attack the United States. I don't think you, frankly, had to have that report to know that Bin Laden would like to attack the United States.
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You never cede control of your own ability to be successful to something called racism.
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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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If you cannot allow people to do their jobs ... nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
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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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Working very closely with the Department of Homeland Security to match up what is available with what is needed.
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We're not going to negotiate about the terms of terrorism. You don't negotiate about terrorism. It's is wrong to engage in terrorism, and there isn't anything to negotiate.
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I have several [favorite clothes designers], but I like to wear Akris, Oscar De La Renta and Giorgio Armani.
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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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I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country.
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I use the word power broadly. Even more important than military and economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.
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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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We know that there are unaccounted-for Scud and other ballistic missiles in Iraq. And part of the problem is that, since 1998, there has been no way to even get minimal information about those programs except through intelligence means.
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