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I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.

Condoleezza Rice

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
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
The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
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Better Business Quick Reduction
You have to have a strong sense of your values and a strong sense of who you are, because there are a lot of events and a lot of people who will pull you in this direction or that direction.
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Direction People Strong Value Yourself
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
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
History’s long arc is different than the today’s headlines.
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Day Different History News
Democracy is the most realistic way for diverse peoples to resolve their differences, and share power, and heal social divisions without violence or repression.
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Democracy Difference People Power Reality Share Violence Way
If you cannot allow people to do their jobs, nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
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Creativity Job People Work Yourself
If you are overdressed, it is a comment on them. If you are under dressed, it is a comment on you.
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Clothes Comment Fashion Opinion Perspective 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
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
I find it odd that suddenly people believe the United States is this Islamophobic country. I think this is the most tolerant country in the world.
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Believe Country Myself People Thinking Tolerance World
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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Attention Hard Work History Judgement Rare Security Yourself
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

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