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" That was a sin: to consider yourself victimized or not able to control your destiny or your fate - that was the one cardinal sin in our community. "
Condoleezza Rice
Control
Community
Yourself
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" 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
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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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More
Organization
" We need a common enemy to unite us. "
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Need
Unite
" I think it goes back to whether or not race and class - that is, race and poverty - is not becoming even more of a constraint. Because with the failing public schools, I worry that the way that my grandparents got out of poverty, the way that my parents became educated, is just not going to be there for a whole bunch of kids. "
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Poverty
Race
" I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics. "
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Find
Life
" The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this desire into reality. "
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Freedom
Opportunity
" 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
Caution
Want
" We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for most of our history. And we were unfortunately reminded in a very devastating way of our vulnerability. "
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Serious
History
Country
" We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq. "
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Go
Clear
Back
" 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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Tomorrow
Know
Today
" When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience. "
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You
Relationship
Music
" My dad was not someone who you would strike with a billy club and he wouldn't strike back. It just wasn't in him. "
Condoleezza Rice
Him
Back
You
" Frankly, as secretary of state, if somebody treats you badly because you're a woman, it's your fault - not theirs. "
Condoleezza Rice
Treats
Because
Fault
" We will continue to work together in our common fight against terror. "
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Work
Together
Fight
" Does anybody think these people were just sitting around drinking tea? "
Condoleezza Rice
Sitting
People
Think
" I talked about the need for American leadership, I talked about the importance of the United States to a more peaceful world, a world that has been quite turbulent in recent years, and needs a strong American anchor. "
Condoleezza Rice
Strong
Leadership
World
" Great powers can't get tired, because the international order is not self-governing. "
Condoleezza Rice
Tired
Because
Order
" Believe it or not, I loved acid rock in college - and I still do. "
Condoleezza Rice
College
Still
Rock
" I've been in enough positions to respect people with different views. "
Condoleezza Rice
People
Enough
Respect
" 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. "
Condoleezza Rice
Want
You
Golf
" 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. "
Condoleezza Rice
Gun
Cloud
Smoking
" I got the chance to be the secretary of state; I'm an international relations specialist. It doesn't get better than that. "
Condoleezza Rice
International
Better
Chance
" 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
Time
Step
Better
" 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. "
Condoleezza Rice
Saying
Run
People
" I am a professor at Stanford; I am a happy professor at Stanford. That's where I'm staying. "
Condoleezza Rice
Where
Stanford
Happy
" There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks. "
Condoleezza Rice
Bullet
Attacks
Silver
" 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. "
Condoleezza Rice
Best
Happy
People
" I know a lot of very stable gay couples. "
Condoleezza Rice
Know
Couples
Gay
" We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war. "
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War
Winning
Depends
" The day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position. "
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Surprise
Woman
Powerful