Condoleezza Rice Quotes
It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails, when you're trying to make a plan work.
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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I worked on 'Lonesome Dove' three weeks all together. When I heard they were doing it, I wanted to be involved since I'd read the book.
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In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson, I mostly blame politicians.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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A good leader must be fair.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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Oh, it is quite possible that none of us in 'Downton' will ever again get the ratings this has had. But from a career point of view, it has opened so many doors.
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As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
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I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports.
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The general belief is that communists in the United Nations come only from the Iron Curtain countries, but this isn't so. We must remember that many of the representatives of free countries are members of the local Communist parties. If you add them all up, you will see they have an amazing degree of control.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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Wealth is a great sin in the eyes of God. Poverty is a great sin in the eyes of man.
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I hope people learn the power of vulnerability through my songs. I think vulnerability can save the world. Empathy helps people connect with each other.
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People think a Muslim has to have a turban or a big beard. It's stupid.
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I confess, I'm one of those actors who finds it incredibly hard to divorce myself and my performance from the work itself.
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The crucial thing in any work of any kind is that it must be a gift - the reader must possess it even more than the person who wrote it. It must be given completely.
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It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails, when you're trying to make a plan work.
