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" I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done. "
Meg Whitman
Done
Business
You
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" Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users' sentiments. "
Meg Whitman
Like
Sometimes
Understanding
" You know, I like to think that I will subscribe very much to the core Republican principles of small government. Making a small number of rules and getting out of the way. Keeping taxes low. Creating an environment for small businesses to grow and thrive. "
Meg Whitman
Environment
Government
Small
" You know, in a workplace, when you shrink the size of a workforce, there is pain there. But there is no question: we have a government that we can no longer afford. That is the cold, hard fact. So we have to make this more efficient. We have to sunset programs that no longer work. We have to eliminate waste and fraud. We must do this. "
Meg Whitman
Work
Know
Pain
" You look at the tremendous success of Facebook. To my mind there is not a lot of commerce going on in these social networking sites. eBay is a community anchored in commerce. It is a commerce site that built a community around it. What has not been proven is if the reverse can happen and people will go to community sites to do commerce. "
Meg Whitman
Mind
Look
People
" What's sort of interesting about the whole public relations disaster that is the Net, in some ways, is that the fundamentals are really good. "
Meg Whitman
Disaster
Technology
Interesting
" Communications is at the heart of e-commerce and community. "
Meg Whitman
E-Commerce
Heart
Community
" Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net. "
Meg Whitman
Business
Good
Time
" Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you know, Miasole, and not only California but America is going to fall behind a whole new competitive context which is obviously China, India, and other countries. "
Meg Whitman
America
Education
Fall
" You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I am going to talk about jobs, spending, and education. "
Meg Whitman
I Am
You
Talk
" Guess what? The world changes. eBay has defined e-commerce. "
Meg Whitman
Guess
World
Changes
" And I want to be able to - you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California. "
Meg Whitman
California
Know
Want
" Most of us can't even begin to imagine. "
Meg Whitman
Imagine
Most
Us
" We can put our head in the sand and continue to lose jobs overseas and to other states, or we can say, 'You know what? We are not going to lose another job from California, and we're going to be the very best place to start and grow a business.' So I'll be the chief sales officer for California businesses. "
Meg Whitman
Place
Job
Start
" I got to get the right people in the right job. Because a lot of costs can be taken out in the context of your administration without the legislature. For example, using technology to do more with less. Using technology to fight fraud. Reorganizing and streamlining can be done within the context of the administration. "
Meg Whitman
Technology
Done
Fight
" I think maybe it is about time for a governor who has created jobs, who's managed a budget, who's led and inspired large organizations, who listens well, and who can drive an agenda. "
Meg Whitman
Think
Time
Budget
" I think we can be the very best place to start a business, to grow a business, to invent a new technology, to change the world, to change the country. But we've got a lot of work to deliver a new California to the people of California. "
Meg Whitman
Business
Change
Technology
" My view is that, just as in many businesses, brands really matter. There will always be a role for destination sites. Eighty million users come to our destination. I think that will be the vast majority of our future business. "
Meg Whitman
Future
Business
Think
" Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it. "
Meg Whitman
You
Care
Government
" I want to work with the teachers' union. But as I said out there, we have to put the kids first and we are letting down a generation of California children. It's not acceptable. "
Meg Whitman
Work
Children
Generation
" Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business. "
Meg Whitman
California
Used
Think
" You know, I think, people of all stripes in California, Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals, frankly, as I have traveled the state, the number one issue is jobs. And they are looking for which candidate can get the economy back on track. "
Meg Whitman
People
You
Think
" I want to spend 100 percent of my time focused on what I think I can make the biggest difference on as the governor of California. "
Meg Whitman
Want
Time
Think
" One good thing about California is we have quite a broad-based economy. We provide more fruits and vegetables and produce to the United States than any other state. So we have actually the single largest agricultural sector in the country. "
Meg Whitman
Country
Good
Vegetables
" Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we've got to streamline regulation so it's easy, not hard, to do business. "
Meg Whitman
Business
Hard
Got
" For me, the international expansion of eBay was the best idea. We are now in 35 countries, and have a huge global network. The second best one was the acquisition of PayPal - the wallet on eBay. "
Meg Whitman
Wallet
Best
Expansion
" I answer that question by saying: 'Why Meg Whitman' which is: I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done. "
Meg Whitman
People
You
Saying
" It is very clear that voice communications is moving on to the Internet. In the end, the price that anyone can provide for voice transmission on the Net will trend toward zero. "
Meg Whitman
Moving
Moving On
Voice
" We have always said that advertising is just the icing on the cake. It is not the cake. "
Meg Whitman
Cake
Just
Said
" When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable. "
Meg Whitman
Remarkable
Name
Brand