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    All of us as citizens have to be consumers and judges.

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    Americans are hungry for change both at home and in our relations with the rest of the world.

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    Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world.

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    As Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak have repeatedly said, the intelligence and security relationship between the United States and Israel at present is unprecedented. It has never been stronger.

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    Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.

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    Be who you are. If you spend all of your time worrying about how people view you, you will not be either faithful to yourself or effective in what you're trying to do.

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    Can I be blunt? Yes. Can I be diplomatic? Yes. Can I concoct a mixture of vinegar and honey when the circumstances warrant? Yes.

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    Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.

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    Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.

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    For the United States to recommit itself to the obligation that we undertook in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that many other states undertook, which was to work towards disarmament and the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons, is something that manifestly serves our national security interests.

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    Governing is different than campaigning, and that comes with a whole different level of responsibility.

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    I am a team player - and that is what you need to be an effective point guard. You gotta see the court, you gotta set up the play, and you gotta let others execute for the most part. I don't throw elbows for the sake of throwing elbows, but if somebody throws one at me and it's necessary to respond in kind, I suppose I can if I have to.

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    I am blunt sometimes; I am diplomatic sometimes; I am all things in between. Abrasive, you know, I guess it's in the eye of the beholder.

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    I am straight forward; I am not manipulative; I am not two-faced. And I think that that has served me well in all of my roles, particularly as a diplomat, because people knew if I said something, I meant it. If I said no, I meant no, and if I said we could make this work, we would make it work.

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    I am very aware of being black and female because that's what I am.

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    I do leisure reading but I don't get to do it like, at one in the morning. When I getting up at six in the morning, so I do most of my leisure reading on vacation and on airplanes and that sort of stuff.

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    I don't get drunk, I get a little happy on rare occasion, and I'm probably dancing if I'm that happy.

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    I don't have time to think about the false controversy.

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    If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sure those Americans who have suffered as a consequence of past agreements have an effective social safety net, adjustment assistance, opportunities for retraining and new job creation that enables all Americans to thrive.

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    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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    If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

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    I have a range, and I'd much rather do things the nice way than the hard way, but sometimes you have to use all the tools at your disposal.

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    I have great ambitions for when I get out of government. I will watch a broader range of stuff.

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    I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests

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    I like to think that with me, what you see is what you get, and you can like or dislike it, it's up to you, but it's straight. That's something that I pride myself on.

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    I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.

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    I'm sort of in this rhythm where we want to make the most of the time we have, but when it's done it will be time for it to be done.

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    In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region.

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    Iran's arms exports to the murderous Assad regime in Syria are of particular concern. As the Panel of Experts has concluded, Syria is now the central party to illicit Iranian arms transfers.

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    Iran's economy is now shrinking by 1 percent a year. Its oil production is down 40 percent.

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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 spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed.

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    I think it's very, very important that in foreign policy and national security decision making, as in any other realm, that there be a range of diversity that reflects the full complexity of America. We should draw on those experiences to inform our decision making.

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    I think one of the real issues that we're faced with is how we consume news, how the media is perceived, how fake news is gaining a degree of currency without criticism that is dangerous, in my judgement.

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    I think people have confidence that I will fairly and accurately represent their point of view to the President, and that I'm not going to put a spin on it, even if I may disagree with it.

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    It is manifestly in the interest of the United States to deal with the very real threat that climate change poses. And that's why President Obama has worked so hard to reduce our own emissions and to lead internationally in forging the Paris climate agreement.

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    It may not be what you would've chosen, but we all have a responsibility to be active citizens and shape our system and our future.

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    It's in our interest to continue with the Paris Agreement and to deal with climate change as the real threat it actually is.

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    It's not the day in which I grew up, long time ago, where we had three news networks. No cable, no social media, no internet. Where what you see is what you got. We had basically straight journalism. We don't have that anymore.

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    I've been very lucky to have had a supportive family, a great education, enormous opportunity and challenge.

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    I've taken my knocks here and there, but I believe my intentions are good. Doesn't mean everything I do is perfectly executed or I don't make mistakes. Of course I do.

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    I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.

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    I was very happy in my job at the United Nations.

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    I was working with a number of African heads of state. And after their initial surprise, I think many of them just treated me as they would anybody else. They had to deal with me as a representative of the United States of America, and the United States of America was too important to be dismissed or ignored on any grounds.

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

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    Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.

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    Once you've learned to study in a bathing suit on the grass with muscled men throwing frisbees over your head, you can accomplish almost anything.

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    One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.

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    Peace, prosperity, and democracy cannot endure if imposed from the outside. We should cease to make false distinctions between peacekeeping and prevention; they are in fact inextricably linked.

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    People are consuming the news that is comfortable for them, not necessarily the news that is real or that they need to know.