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" My hope in writing 'Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead' was to change the conversation from what women can't do to what we can. "

Sheryl Sandberg

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" I would love to meet J.K. Rowling and tell her how much I admire her writing and am amazed by her imagination. I read every 'Harry Potter' book as it came out and looked forward to each new one. I am rereading them now with my kids and enjoying them every bit as much. She made me look at jelly beans in a whole new way. "

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" 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. "

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" It's easy to dislike the few senior women out there. What if women were half the positions in power? It would be harder to dislike all of them. "

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" When you suffer a tragedy, the secondary loss of having it bleed into other areas of your life is so real. "

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" We call our little girls bossy. Go to a playground; little girls get called bossy all the time - a word that's almost never used for boys - and that leads directly to the problems women face in the workforce. "

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

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" Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that - whatever success they have, that same success - to their own core skills. "

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" 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. "

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

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" I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force. "

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" There are really good reasons to leave the workforce or work less or take a different job when you want to be with your children. I just want women - and men - to make that choice once they have the child. Not years in advance, because... they don't get the right opportunities. They give up before they even start. "

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" 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. "

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

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" I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple. "

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" I think there are things that we can all do to build resilience in ourselves, but also to build resilience in each other. "

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

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" 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. "

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" I think when tragedy occurs, it presents a choice. You can give in to the void: the emptiness that fills your heart, your lungs, constricts your ability to think or even breathe. Or you can try to find meaning. "

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" I probably shouldn't admit this since I work in the tech industry, but I still prefer reading paper books. "

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" Women don't take enough risks. Men are just 'foot on the gas pedal.' We're not going to close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap. "

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" I think the U.S. needs a better safety net... If you're a single mum or even a dual-parent working family, what do you do if you've got a sick child? "

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" 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. "

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" I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.' "

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" Pages on Facebook are allowed to be anonymous. That is really important. People start revolutions; we need anonymity. "

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