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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEI was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
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Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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I think that the United States has always been most effective when it is leading both from power and principle.
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What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.
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Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
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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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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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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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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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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
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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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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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We need a common enemy to unite us.
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Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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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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