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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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Susan Rice
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 17
Diplomat
Politician
Screenwriter
United States Ambassador To The United Nations
Washington
District of Columbia
Susan Elizabeth Rice
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Well, I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence, in fact, make that transition and do it in relative peace and security.
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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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I'm not watching any TV shows, frankly.
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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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All of us as citizens have to be consumers and judges.
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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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I've been very lucky to have had a supportive family, a great education, enormous opportunity and challenge.
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The United States share of the African market it's very small, it's only about 8 percent.
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President Obama has got the most moderate temperament.
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I am very aware of being black and female because that's what I am.
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Governing is different than campaigning, and that comes with a whole different level of responsibility.
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What I would say about me is: What you see is what I get.
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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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Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.
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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 think one of the real issues that we're faced with is how we consume news, how the media is perceived, how fake news is gaining a degree of currency without criticism that is dangerous, in my judgement.
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Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.
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It's in our interest to continue with the Paris Agreement and to deal with climate change as the real threat it actually is.
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The youth thing never really, from my vantage point, slowed me down. I think the harder audience for me to gain acceptance from was the career diplomatic corps that worked with and for me in the Africa Bureau.
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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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