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We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

Condoleezza Rice

People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they’ll join your side.
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Hurt People Realization Side Yourself
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
Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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Hard Time Hard Work Inspirational Struggle Victory
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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Believe Country Myself People Thinking Tolerance World
If you cannot allow people to do their jobs, nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
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Creativity Job People Work Yourself
Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
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Difference Pespective Strength
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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Circumstance Country Essence Greatness Ideas Nation Religion Unity Yourself
Today’s headlines and history’s judgement are not the same.
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Day Head Judgement Media News Present
Every life is capable of greatness.
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Capability Greatness Life One Liner
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
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
We’re not going to negotiate about the terms of terrorism. You don’t negotiate about terrorism. It’s is wrong to engage in terrorism, and there isn’t anything to negotiate.
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Engagement Negotiation Terrorism War Wrong
Prejudice and bigotry are brought down…by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice define the parameters of the possible.
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Definition Determination Force Possible Prejudice Success
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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Help Human Institution People Perfection
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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Direction People Strong Value Yourself

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