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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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" I think golf can be one of those places where we act and we hope that people act as we would like them to act all the time. "
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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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" There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks. "
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" The idea the president of the United States was warned that Al-Qaeda was going to attack the United States and did nothing about it - really? Do you think any president of the United States, if he had even an inkling there was going to be an attack, they wouldn't have moved heaven and earth to try to stop it? "
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" Frankly, as secretary of state, if somebody treats you badly because you're a woman, it's your fault - not theirs. "
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" I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies. "
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" Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance. "
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" When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" Does anybody think these people were just sitting around drinking tea? "
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" 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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" What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow. But what you know today cannot affect what you did yesterday. "
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" Believe it or not, I loved acid rock in college - and I still do. "
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" What has always made our country special is that it doesn't matter where you come from; it matters where you're going. Our job is to make certain the pathways are open to both our boys and our girls. "
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" Some governments choose to cooperate with the United States in intelligence, law enforcement, or military matters. The co-operation is a two-way street. We share intelligence that has helped protect European countries from attack, helping save European lives. "
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" When I talk to students - and I still think of myself more than anything as a kind of professor on leave - they say, 'Well, how do I get to do what you do?'... And I say, 'Well, you have to start out by being a failed piano major.' And my point to them is don't try to have a 10-year plan. Find the next thing that interests you and follow that. "
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" I'm actually - believe it or not, for an academic - an aural learner. "
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" It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991. "
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