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" I want people to help take care of each other at work. That's what I want. Do you know how many hours we spend at work? We spend more time at work than we spend at home. When people are suffering, we don't help enough. "

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

" There's no one way to grieve, and there's no one path. "

" We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored. "

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

" 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. "

" So there's no such thing as work-life balance. There's work, and there's life, and there's no balance. "

" Everyone needs more support than they are getting. "

" I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to worry about. But once we get enough women into leadership, we can break stereotypes down. If you lead, you get to decide. "

" 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 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. "

" When I was in high school, I was voted most likely to succeed. "

" We need to build resilience together, rooted in religion, rooted in schools, rooted in our health care institutions. "

" I'm not pretending I can give advice to every single person or every single couple for every situation; I'm making the point that we are not going to get to equality in the workforce before we get to equality in the home. Not going to happen. "

" We have to work on treating ourselves like we would treat our friends. "

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" In fact, my New Year's resolution every year, and I'm Jewish so I get two New Years a year, is to meditate, and I fail every time. "

" When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a 'good man' before they are all taken. "

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

" 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. "

" It's more pressure on women to - if they marry or partner with someone, to partner with the right person. Because you cannot have a full career and a full life at home with your children if you are also doing all of the housework and child care. "

" 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. "

" I love how when I say the world is still run by men, and sometimes I say the world is still run by white men, people gasp as if that's news. That's not news. That's obvious. "

" Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way - not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back. "

" I try to appreciate every day. "

" Until women are as ambitious as men, they're not gong to achieve as much as men. "

" What about the rat race in the first place? Is it worthwhile? Or are you just buying into someone else's definition of success? Only you can decide that, and you'll have to decide it over and over and over. But if you think it's a rat race, before you drop out, take a deep breath. Maybe you picked the wrong job. Try again. And then try again. "

" 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. "

" Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she's cheered on and supported. "

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

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" We need to help people of all circumstance overcome the things in their life. "