In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEToday’s headlines and history’s judgement are not the same.
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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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Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.
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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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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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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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Today’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.
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Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
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I hope that all of us who were fortunate enough to have benefited will put our time, our resources and our efforts into making sure that kids, particularly kids without means, have a way to achieve.
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Every life is capable of greatness.
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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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Most days are not overwhelmingly successful in your life. And what really marks whether you’re going to be successful is how well you deal with the bad days, not how well you deal with the good ones.
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History’s long arc is different than the today’s headlines.
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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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Differences can be a strength.
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America’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
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