Education is of no value and talent is worthless – unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEYou 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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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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History’s long arc is different than the today’s headlines.
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Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be.
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So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we’re vulnerable, and vulnerable in ways that we didn’t fully understand.
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Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.
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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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We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.
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The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
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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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Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
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There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
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Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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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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The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.
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People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they’ll join your side.
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