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" Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. "

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" Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.' "

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" Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. "

" Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind? "

" It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?' "

" Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations. "

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" Standing in support of children is something we should all be able to get behind, regardless of party affiliation. "

" Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families. "

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" Engineering didn't take to me. And what saved me and kept me in college was I ran into ROTC cadets who were in a fraternity called The Persian Rifles. And I found my place. I found discipline. I found structure. I found people that were like me and I liked. "

" Yup, the whole birther movement was racist. "

" Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah. "

" There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. "

" In 2008, I spoke out against calling the president a Muslim as if that was a curse. And then in 2012, once again, I was very disturbed about some of the intolerance I was seeing in the party, so I made a statement saying there's a level of intolerance in some parts of the Republican Party. And there was, and I think there still is. "

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" We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken. "

" Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. "

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