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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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Susan Rice
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 17
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Susan Elizabeth Rice
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Syria is a civil war. Syria began as a popular uprising, just like the other experiences in the Arab Spring, with a repressive government that responded by basically killing the protesters. It's not a genocide, it's a war, and there's a difference. Genocide is a preplanned attack on people because of who they are. This is a interstate conflict.
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All of us as citizens have to be consumers and judges.
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I'm apologetic when I feel like I've made a mistake. And when I have done a disservice to myself or someone else. But I don't feel a need to apologize for doing or saying something that I think needs to be said, just because it may not sit comfortably with somebody else.
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I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.
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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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President Obama is an extraordinary person to work with and for.
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I'm not watching any TV shows, frankly.
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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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Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.
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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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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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We know that weapons, heavy weapons continue to flow across the border from Russia into Ukraine. And we have now, in recent days, indications that Russians - Russian military units themselves have, on occasion, fired into Ukraine.
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What I would say about me is: What you see is what I get.
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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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I've been very lucky to have had a supportive family, a great education, enormous opportunity and challenge.
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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 when I want to be.
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I have a range, and I'd much rather do things the nice way than the hard way, but sometimes you have to use all the tools at your disposal.
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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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Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.
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