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Governing is different than campaigning, and that comes with a whole different level of responsibility.

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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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Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world.
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I have to separate my personal concerns from my professional responsibilities.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.
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Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.
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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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What I would say about me is: What you see is what I get.
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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 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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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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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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We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.
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President Obama is an extraordinary person to work with and for.
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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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