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" If I'd been a better long-term planner, I'd still be in music, as a musician someplace. So I'll take it one step at a time. "
Condoleezza Rice
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" We know that there are unaccounted-for Scud and other ballistic missiles in Iraq. And part of the problem is that, since 1998, there has been no way to even get minimal information about those programs except through intelligence means. "
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" I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of politics. "
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" I would even say that my parents, and their friends in our community, thought of education as a kind of armor against racism. "
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" I've found that in places where women have not really been afforded full rights yet - for instance, in the Middle East - even very conservative politicians in the region will say, 'You know, my daughter would really like to meet you,' or, 'Would you send a note to my granddaughter?' "
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" I'm saying there is no way that I will do this, because it's really not me. I know my strengths, and governor Romney needs to find someone who wants to run with him. There are many people who will do it very, very well, and I'll support the ticket. "
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" So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we're vulnerable, and vulnerable in ways that we didn't fully understand. "
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" When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience. "
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" Our policies toward Iraq simply are to protect the region and to protect Iraq's people and neighbors. "
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Our
Neighbors
" I remember, when I was 6 years old, we were having an event at school where different dolls were on display. I said that the tallest doll needed to be on the end, and my little friend said to me, 'Oh, you're just so bossy.' I remember thinking that wasn't a good thing. But I kept insisting the doll had to be on the end anyway. "
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School
" I believe that while race-neutral means are preferable, it is appropriate to use race as one factor among others in achieving a diverse student body. "
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Student
Race
" But I want to just caution, it is not incumbent on the United States to prove that Saddam Hussein is trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction. He's already demonstrated that he's trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction. "
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He
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" After all, when the world looks to America, they look to us because we are the most successful political and economic experiment in human history. "
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Political
America
Look
" 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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Terrorism
Sorry
Technology
" We will have to stand up for and promote the power and promise of free markets and free peoples, and affirm that American preeminence safeguards rather than impedes global progress. "
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Progress
Up
Stand Up
" I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of state. I'm a foreign policy person, and to have a chance to serve my country as the nation's chief diplomat at a time of peril and consequence, that was enough. "
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Father
Chance
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" There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks. "
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Bullet
Attacks
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" People notice if you are black. People notice if you are female. We are certainly not either colorblind or gender-blind in this country, so I'm not suggesting that it isn't a factor. But I think in the final analysis, people will take a look at the positions, and they'll take a look at the issues. "
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Think
People
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" There are those who would draw a sharp line between power politics and a principled foreign policy based on values. This polarized view - you are either a realist or devoted to norms and values - may be just fine in academic debate, but it is a disaster for American foreign policy. American values are universal. "
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Values
American
View
" We were spending American blood and treasure to liberate the people of Afghanistan from one of the most brutal regimes on the face of the earth. That we would not use that moment to press for women's rights seems to me unthinkable. "
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" When you're on a golf course, a couple of things are very interesting. No matter who you're with and who you're playing with, people want each other to do well. "
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Golf
" I am very fond of Jeb Bush. He's a friend; he was a terrific governor of Florida. I worked with him on some immigration and education issues. "
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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 am a professor at Stanford; I am a happy professor at Stanford. That's where I'm staying. "
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Stanford
Happy
" Hamas is a little more than an enemy of the United States. Hamas, of course, is a terrorist organization - listed by Europeans as a terrorist organization. "
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Enemy
More
Organization
" I wish someone had put a golf club in my hands, not skates on my feet. It is a really great game for business. It's a great game for making connections. "
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Game
Golf
Great
" When people don't have a hopeful vision before them or the possible resolution of their difficulties by peaceful means, then they can be attracted to violence and to separatism. "
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Peaceful
People
Violence
" I think there are still unanswered questions about Benghazi. I think there are unanswered questions, and they could be easily answered. But I think they need to be answered. "
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Need
Think
Questions
" Does anybody think these people were just sitting around drinking tea? "
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" Great powers can't get tired, because the international order is not self-governing. "
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Order
" I'm a very happy university professor... the best thing about being a university professor is that you see young people as they're being shaped and molded toward their own future, and you have a chance to be a part of that. "
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