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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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Susan Rice
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 17
Diplomat
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United States Ambassador To The United Nations
Washington
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Susan Elizabeth Rice
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President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.
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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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Iran's economy is now shrinking by 1 percent a year. Its oil production is down 40 percent.
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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 think it's very, very important that in foreign policy and national security decision making, as in any other realm, that there be a range of diversity that reflects the full complexity of America. We should draw on those experiences to inform our decision making.
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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've been very lucky to have had a supportive family, a great education, enormous opportunity and challenge.
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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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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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One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.
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I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.
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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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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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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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I'm not watching any TV shows, frankly.
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I am blunt when I want to be.
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We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.
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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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Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.
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All of us as citizens have to be consumers and judges.
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