I’ve never really been a workaholic. I work very hard, but I also enjoy playing. I think it’s important to have a balanced and well-rounded life.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEDefeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.
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I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I’m always finding something funny.
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Today’s headlines and history’s judgement are not the same.
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Race is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident,real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counterproductive.
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Democracy is the most realistic way for diverse peoples to resolve their differences, and share power, and heal social divisions without violence or repression.
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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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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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You have to have a strong sense of your values and a strong sense of who you are, because there are a lot of events and a lot of people who will pull you in this direction or that direction.
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What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.
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The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
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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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You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
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In the United States, we’ve always been held together by the belief that it doesn’t matter where you came from. It matters where you’re going.
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The essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.
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I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
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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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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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Differences can be a strength.
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I find it odd that suddenly people believe the United States is this Islamophobic country. I think this is the most tolerant country in the world.
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NATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
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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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If you cannot allow people to do their jobs, nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
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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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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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History’s long arc is different than the today’s headlines.
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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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