If you're trying to get something done, there will always be people who don't want to see you … - Susan Rice

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We don't so much solve our problems as we outgrow them. We add capacities and experiences that eventually make us bigger than the problems.

Susan Rice

If you're trying to get something done, there will always be people who don't want to see you get something done, or who have a stake in the status quo. And if they approach that through ad hominem criticism of you, you've got to have enough confidence and thickness of skin to be able to endure.

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Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.

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We have to know who we are and know what we believe.

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I read a ton of paper every day. I read the newspapers, I read my intelligence materials, I read all the briefing materials. I read the newspaper in hard copy.

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I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

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