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I am a direct person.
You have to make change.
I am blunt when I want to be.
I'm not watching any TV shows, frankly.
We can't let others judge information for us.
I was very happy in my job at the United Nations.
We have to know who we are and know what we believe.
Nobody's tried to touch my hair in like, in decades.
I don't worry about how folks want to characterize me.
President Obama has got the most moderate temperament.
All of us as citizens have to be consumers and judges.
I don't have time to think about the false controversy.
What I would say about me is: What you see is what I get.
The U.S. cannot go it alone simply when it is convenient.
I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.
President Obama is an extraordinary person to work with and for.
I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.
I am very aware of being black and female because that's what I am.
Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.
President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.
Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.
I have to separate my personal concerns from my professional responsibilities.
If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.
I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.
Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.
The notion that I had become a political lightning rod was painful for me to experience.
We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.
I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests
The United States share of the African market it's very small, it's only about 8 percent.
The problem is, Hamas is using force to try to extort progress on its political objectives.
Iran's economy is now shrinking by 1 percent a year. Its oil production is down 40 percent.
Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.
We should learn to tolerate nuclear weapons of North Korea just like we did the Soviet Union.
Americans are hungry for change both at home and in our relations with the rest of the world.
My kids have been incredibly supportive of the work that I do. They understand why it matters.
I have great ambitions for when I get out of government. I will watch a broader range of stuff.
One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.
I don't get drunk, I get a little happy on rare occasion, and I'm probably dancing if I'm that happy.
The kids are Job One. So, to be quite candid, if they need me, I do my utmost to make sure I'm there.
In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region.
Governing is different than campaigning, and that comes with a whole different level of responsibility.
South Africa's increasingly, for example, the largest foreign investor in various other parts of Africa.
The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.
I've been very lucky to have had a supportive family, a great education, enormous opportunity and challenge.
Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world.
Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.
What I learned is that policymakers have to force consideration of actions that may not have occurred to them at the time.
People are consuming the news that is comfortable for them, not necessarily the news that is real or that they need to know.
It's in our interest to continue with the Paris Agreement and to deal with climate change as the real threat it actually is.
President Obama is funny, he's thoughtful, he's challenging, he's fun to work with - and it's been an extraordinary privilege.