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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEDifferences can be a strength.
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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
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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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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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Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.
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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
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You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.
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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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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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Differences can be a strength.
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Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
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What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.
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We’re in a new world. We’re in a world in which the possibility of terrorism, married up with technology, could make us very, very sorry that we didn’t act.
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Every life is capable of greatness.
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