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People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they’ll join your side.

Condoleezza Rice

Every life is capable of greatness.
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Capability Greatness Life One Liner
The essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.
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Circumstance Country Essence Greatness Ideas Nation Religion Unity Yourself
My mom was a teacher – I have the greatest respect for the profession – we need great teachers – not poor or mediocre ones.
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Average Greatness Myself Poor Respect Teacher
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
I hope that all of us who were fortunate enough to have benefited will put our time, our resources and our efforts into making sure that kids, particularly kids without means, have a way to achieve.
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Achievement Benefit Children Enough Fortunate Hope Resource Time
Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
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Influence Power 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
It is a dangerous thing to ask why someone else has been given more. It is humbling – and indeed healthy – to ask why you have been given so much.
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Dangerous Health Humble Yourself
You know, I’ve never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I’d been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I’d be still waiting.
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Believe Black Female Model Modeling Myself Role Special Wait Yourself
Differences can be a strength.
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Difference One Liner Strength
In the United States, we’ve always been held together by the belief that it doesn’t matter where you came from. It matters where you’re going.
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Belief Country Togetherness Yourself
We can’t rely – or no country can rely on just a single personality to carry it forward. And so what the American founding fathers understood was that institutions were built for human imperfection not human perfection.
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Build Country Father Human Imperfection Institution Personality Understand
We need a common enemy to unite us.
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Enemy Ourselves Unity
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
It’s bad policy to speculate on what you’ll do if a plan fails when you’re trying to make a plan work.
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Bad Failure Planning Policy Work Yourself
Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
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Difference Pespective Strength

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