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All Quotes by author - Sheryl Sandberg

" And what I saw happening is that women don't make one decision to leave the workforce. They makes lots of little decisions really far in advance that kind of inevitably lead them there. "

" As women get more powerful, they get less likable. I see women holding themselves back because of this, but if we start talking about the success-likability penalty women face, then we can do something about it. "

" At Facebook, we try to be a strengths-based organization, which means we try to make jobs fit around people rather than make people fit around jobs. We focus on what people's natural strengths are and spend our management time trying to find ways for them to use those strengths every day. "

" Before social media, if I, as an individual wanted to publish something to the world, unless I could get some local TV crew to interview me, or I wrote an op-ed or took out an ad, I had no voice. "

" Big businesses have always had a lot more voice. They can afford advertising; they can afford marketing. But for small businesses, being able to quickly and cheaply connect to customers is a big deal. "

" But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change. "

" Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table. There's a reason why men want to understand the challenges women face, address them, because then they're going to be better hirers, attracters and retainers of women. "

" Every day is a gift. "

" Everyone needs more support than they are getting. "

" False news hurts everyone. It hurts our community; it hurts us as individuals. "

" For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited. "

" Having your house fill up with the people you love is comforting. "

" I absolutely loved Tina Fey's 'Bossypants' and didn't want it to end. It's hilarious as well as important. Not only did I laugh on every page, but I was nodding along, highlighting and dog-earing like crazy. "

" I am a bigger-picture manager because I've lived through something that's a big picture. "

" I believe if we had half our companies and half our countries run by women, and half our homes run by men, things would be better. We know our companies would be more productive. If you use the full talents of the population, you're more productive. We know our homes would be happier. "

" I believe very deeply that the world would be a better place if it weren't run as it's currently run, which is by men. "

" I'd like to see where boys and girls end up if they get equal encouragement - I think we might have some differences in how leadership is done. "

" I don't believe we have a professional self from Mondays through Fridays and a real self for the rest of the time. "

" I don't believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional, and it is all personal. "

" I don't hold myself out as a role model. I don't believe that everyone should make the same choices; that everyone has to want to be a CEO, or everyone should want to be a work-at-home mother. I want everyone to be able to choose. But I want us to be able to choose unencumbered by gender choosing for us. "

" I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead. "

" I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own. "

" If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be. "

" If you ask men why they did a good job, they'll say, 'I'm awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?' If you ask women why they did a good job, what they'll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard. "

" I go around the room and ask people, 'What do you think?' "

" I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments. "

" I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women. "

" I learned that when life pulls you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface, and breathe again. "

" I look forward to the day when half our homes are run by men and half our companies and institutions are run by women. When that happens, it won't just mean happier women and families; it will mean more successful businesses and better lives for us all. "

" I lost my husband, and it's a horrific thing to live through. "

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