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" I've been head of strategy at IBM and together with my colleagues built our five-year plan. My priorities are going to be to continue to execute on that. "

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" So what it means is when you don't believe in the inevitable, it means you don't expect that that's how things have to turn out. You can change them. "

" When I think of revenue growth, I think of the words 'mix' and 'shift.' "

" Be first and be lonely. "

" Growth and comfort do not coexist. "

" I have a great job at a great company. "

" I learned to always take on things I'd never done before. "

" Don't protect your past. Don't protect your products. "

" Ask yourself when you learn the most. I guarantee it's when you felt at risk. "

" I'm the ninth CEO of IBM. Every one of my predecessors has steered through a technological shift, and every one left the company in a better position than the person before them and prepared this company with a very strong balance sheet to allow it to continue to invest for the next shift. "

" I am very practical. "

" You need to have a great support around you, people that empathise, understand and yet support, because these CEO jobs are all-consuming. "

" The recommendation when I'm mentoring folks, I always tell them - and we talked about this last year - take a risk. "

" I think, given who the IBM target company is, I feel our purpose is to be essential to our clients. "

" If you're clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market. "

" And the reason I came to IBM was I think - I always say at a really early age, I learned you've got to be passionate about what you do. No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices. "

" My mom had not worked a day in her life, and then she woke up when I was 15 and found herself with four children, no job, no money. But she set out and made it all OK for us, and from that, I saw that there's no problem that can't be solved. "

" This idea of 'New Collar' says for the jobs of the future here, there are many in technology that can be done without a four-year college degree and, therefore, 'New Collar' not 'Blue Collar,' 'White Collar.' It's 'New Collar.' "

" When you manage your company for long-term shareholders, and you manage the company for clients, two of the biggest stakeholders, you will make the right decisions. "

" Everyone talks about how much data's in the world. Except, actually, 80% of it is pretty blind to computers. I mean, it can store it. But if it's a movie, a poem, a song, it doesn't know what it's actually saying or doing. "

" If you ask me, 'So what is your business model?' Our business model's always about shifting to higher value opportunities. "

" It's easy to have an act one and two. Go ahead and have an act three, four, and five. The saying is the easy part. The doing is the hard part. "

" The social network will be the new production line. "

" And so when I moved to IBM, I moved because I thought I could apply technology. I didn't actually have to do my engineer - I was an electrical engineer, but I could apply it. And that was when I changed. And when I got there, though, I have to say, at the time, I really never felt there was a constraint about being a woman. I really did not. "

" India... what a big part you play in this story for IBM and for the world. "

" I was always surrounded by people that wanted to mentor you. "

" Just because you started your careers in a certain role, let's say hardware engineering, does not mean you'll end your careers in hardware. "

" Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think we'll augment our intelligence. "

" I never look at an acquisition really by size. "