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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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Susan Rice
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 17
Diplomat
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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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We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the US has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by on half-measures in Afghanistan and Pakistan and not risk suffering the consequences.
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President Obama is an extraordinary person to work with and for.
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I am a team player - and that is what you need to be an effective point guard. You gotta see the court, you gotta set up the play, and you gotta let others execute for the most part. I don't throw elbows for the sake of throwing elbows, but if somebody throws one at me and it's necessary to respond in kind, I suppose I can if I have to.
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South Africa's increasingly, for example, the largest foreign investor in various other parts of Africa.
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We are safer if there are not nuclear arsenals around the planet that can be utilized, stolen, sold to terrorists and others who would do harm.
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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 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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I have great ambitions for when I get out of government. I will watch a broader range of stuff.
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I'm not watching any TV shows, frankly.
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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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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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Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.
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We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.
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We have to know who we are and know what we believe.
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I do leisure reading but I don't get to do it like, at one in the morning. When I getting up at six in the morning, so I do most of my leisure reading on vacation and on airplanes and that sort of stuff.
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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'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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Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.
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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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