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I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.

Condoleezza Rice

Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
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Hard Mindset Open Passion Search Yourself
Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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Hard Time Hard Work Inspirational Struggle Victory
When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran’s nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA.
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Activity Answer Effort Involve Question Repeat Security
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
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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Education Goodness Problem Reality Yourself
As secretary of state it’s been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much – I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here.
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Ability Country Greatness Honor Love People Potential Reach Respect Secretary Strength
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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Beyond Expectation Leadership Need Woman
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
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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Action Complication Fact Myself People Reflection
History’s long arc is different than the today’s headlines.
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Day Different History News
The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
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Integrity Leadership Right
Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be.
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Acceptance Greatness Leadership Word World
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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Myself Problem Quick Smoking Uncertain Weapon
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 people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity – and an obligation – to help them turn this desire into reality.
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Desire Obligation People Reality Share
You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
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Circumstance Control Reaction Response Yourself

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