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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.

Condoleezza Rice

Human beings are not perfect. Their institutions are not perfect, but they have to keep trying. And America has to help people keep trying.
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Help Human Institution People Perfection
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
When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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Determination Myself Willing Wrong Yourself
NATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
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Build Foundation Security Value
Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.
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Call Defeat Greatness Human Moral Time
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
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
The best armor against everything around you is to be well educated, to work hard, to be twice as good as if you had to be, to do languages and culture better.
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Best Culture Education Goodness Hard Work Language Yourself
We’re not going to negotiate about the terms of terrorism. You don’t negotiate about terrorism. It’s is wrong to engage in terrorism, and there isn’t anything to negotiate.
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Engagement Negotiation Terrorism War Wrong
Differences can be a strength.
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Difference One Liner Strength
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
There is nothing better than being in a classroom with really, really brilliant students, and opening up new worlds to them. That’s what I love doing.
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Better Brilliant Class Love Myself Open World
Education is of no value and talent is worthless – unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.
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Education Focus Goal Talent Value Worth 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’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
I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
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Born Classmate Move Myself Place White

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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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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