It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails when you're trying to make a plan work. Condoleezza Rice More Quotes by Condoleezza Rice More Quotes From Condoleezza Rice When you’re young, your world is pretty limited. My parents, my family, my church dominated my world. And because Birmingham was so segregated, I didn’t really have to encounter the slings and arrows of racism on a daily basis. Obviously, from time to time I did, like when my parents took me to see Santa Claus and he wasn’t letting black children sit on his knee. But my parents tried to insulate me as much as they could. Condoleezza Rice parent racism children I play classical music almost exclusively. I never mastered jazz or gospel in the way that my mother did. She was a fine improvisational musician. I pretty much have to stick to what's written on the page. Condoleezza Rice sticks mother play It has been, after all, 11 years, more than a decade now, of defiance of U.N. resolutions by Saddam Hussein. Every obligation that he signed onto after the Gulf War, so that he would not be a threat to peace and security, he has ignored and flaunted. Condoleezza Rice hussein war years Well, there's been plenty of ultimatums, and one thing that we better be very clear is that we can't continue to have the kind of defiance of the United Nations, the defiance of the international community that we've had. Condoleezza Rice defiance community kind I've speculated about what my life might have been like as a musician, but I'm afraid I came to the conclusion that I probably would've either been teaching piano or maybe gotten to play at Nordstrom's department store. Condoleezza Rice piano teaching play You never cede control of your own ability to be successful to something called racism. 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Condoleezza Rice chickens my-favorite way I may not agree with everything, but our President, just like President [George W.] Bush did, is trying to do his best under difficult circumstances. Condoleezza Rice president may trying I'm very proud that President [George W.] Bush took on AIDS relief. It was the largest single response by any country to a major international health crisis, and there are millions of people who are alive today in Africa and other developing countries because of that program. Condoleezza Rice president country people
