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If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

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Susan Rice
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 17
Diplomat
Politician
Screenwriter
United States Ambassador To The United Nations
Washington
District of Columbia
Susan Elizabeth Rice
Change
Make
Drive
Progress

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President Obama has got the most moderate temperament.
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Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is democratic and respects human rights, it too may well be a source of much greater instability as political repression limits the ability of the people of Nigeria to achieve their full potential.
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It is manifestly in the interest of the United States to deal with the very real threat that climate change poses. And that's why President Obama has worked so hard to reduce our own emissions and to lead internationally in forging the Paris climate agreement.
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I have to separate my personal concerns from my professional responsibilities.
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President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.
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South Africa's increasingly, for example, the largest foreign investor in various other parts of Africa.
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I spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed.
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Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world.
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I am blunt when I want to be.
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One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.
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I like to think that with me, what you see is what you get, and you can like or dislike it, it's up to you, but it's straight. That's something that I pride myself on.
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People are consuming the news that is comfortable for them, not necessarily the news that is real or that they need to know.
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Iran's economy is now shrinking by 1 percent a year. Its oil production is down 40 percent.
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Thirty years ago, about 80% of a company's assets resided in its plant and equipment, with 20% in the knowledge of its people. Today, the reverse is true. The knowledge of our staff is our principal asset
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I am blunt sometimes I am diplomatic sometimes I am all things in between. Abrasive, you know, I guess it's in the eye of the beholder.
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Can I be blunt? Yes. Can I be diplomatic? Yes. Can I concoct a mixture of vinegar and honey when the circumstances warrant? Yes.
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The notion that -- which some people are trying to suggest, that by asking for the identity of an American person, that is the same as leaking it, is completely false. There's no equivalence between so-called unmasking and leaking.
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Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.
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I have great ambitions for when I get out of government. I will watch a broader range of stuff.
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I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.
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