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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
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United States Ambassador To The United Nations
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Susan Elizabeth Rice
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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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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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Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.
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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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Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.
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I don't worry about how folks want to characterize me.
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There is not an inherent contradiction between a Ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural ties to Russia, and a modern Ukraine that wants to integrate more closely with Europe.
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I am very aware of being black and female because that's what I am.
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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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I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.
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If you're trying to get something done, there will always be people who don't want to see you get something done, or who have a stake in the status quo. And if they approach that through ad hominem criticism of you, you've got to have enough confidence and thickness of skin to be able to endure.
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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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Iran's arms exports to the murderous Assad regime in Syria are of particular concern. As the Panel of Experts has concluded, Syria is now the central party to illicit Iranian arms transfers.
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Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.
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It may not be what you would've chosen, but we all have a responsibility to be active citizens and shape our system and our future.
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We're well aware, and we have been for a long time, that there is a real threat from adversaries, state actors, non-state actors, to hack us, influence us, destroy stuff through cyber means. Because cyber threat has been understood for a while, it's longstanding, it's a concern.
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What I would say about me is: What you see is what I get.
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I was working with a number of African heads of state. And after their initial surprise, I think many of them just treated me as they would anybody else. They had to deal with me as a representative of the United States of America, and the United States of America was too important to be dismissed or ignored on any grounds.
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I don't get drunk, I get a little happy on rare occasion, and I'm probably dancing if I'm that happy.
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