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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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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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One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.
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President Obama is an extraordinary person to work with and for.
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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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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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Peace, prosperity, and democracy cannot endure if imposed from the outside. We should cease to make false distinctions between peacekeeping and prevention they are in fact inextricably linked.
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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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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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Governing is different than campaigning, and that comes with a whole different level of responsibility.
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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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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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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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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 notion that -- which some people are trying to suggest, that by asking for the identity of an American person, that is the same as leaking it, is completely false. There's no equivalence between so-called unmasking and leaking.
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President Obama has got the most moderate temperament.
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Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.
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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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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 am blunt when I want to be.
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Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.
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