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Today’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.

Condoleezza Rice

Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
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Better Company Leadership Recognition Simplicity Yourself
You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like doing it, you’ll do it well.
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Difference Obligation World Yourself
Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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Policy Problem Separate Unity
I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I’m always finding something funny.
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Funny Goodness Laughter Myself
The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity – and an obligation – to help them turn this desire into reality.
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Desire Obligation People Reality Share
Prejudice and bigotry are brought down…by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice define the parameters of the possible.
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Definition Determination Force Possible Prejudice Success
People want to psychoanalyze me, but the fact is, I’m not that complicated. I’m pretty straightforward. And I’m not all that self-reflective, because I tend to be a doer.
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Action Complication Fact Myself People Reflection
There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
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Challenge Greatness Public Service
I think that the United States has always been most effective when it is leading both from power and principle.
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Country Effective Myself Power Principle Thinking
If I can look at your zip code and I can tell whether you’re going to get a good education, we’ve got a real problem.
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Education Goodness Problem Reality Yourself
The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
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Better Business Quick Reduction
You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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Compassionate Integrity Work Yourself
You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
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Circumstance Control Reaction Response Yourself
I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.
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Agreement Country Deal International Thinking World
In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.
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Education Hard Work Yourself
My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always won. I’m an only child, and I could count on my mother’s vote.
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Children Election Family Mom Myself Parents Vote Win

Today’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.

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Today’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.

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