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" We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you. "

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" Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you. "

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" It's very difficult to solve a lot of problems from the top down. "

" People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down. "

" Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code. "

" I'm on the MIT board, and a lot of our buildings now have daycare centers; it's becoming a standard. "

" Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion. "

" In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team. "

" Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions. "

" It's much easier to fail when you're in the pilot, early stage, when it's less expensive and you're exploring than when you're way out the door and you've spent all this money. Industry is smart: structured to have skunkworks and pilot phases. "

" It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality. "

" I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more. "

" I think open source is an evolutionary idea for humanity, this idea of transparency. It played out for us in the technology world, but it also played out with the idea of a truth and reconciliation commission and Wikipedia. "

" There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more. "

" I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off. "

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" We very much use a prototyping model, play with ideas, and then get stuff started that way, which is how the greatest projects get started. "

" I've been working on the lost history of technical women. "

" I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves. "

" I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical. "

" Founded in 1994 by the Anita Borg Institute and growing every year, the Grace Hopper Celebration is bringing needed network connections, skill building, and visibility for women computer scientists who work at all levels of our industry. "

" I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet. "

" The things you're passionate about and interested in, get experience with them by going deep on projects. I would encourage science projects, plays. Pursue science, math, writing, history - the 21st century demands a lot of cross-disciplinary thinking. "

" If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome? "

" The American government will be whatever we all make of it. "

" Malala Yousafzai is all of our daughter, like Iqbal Masih who was all of our son. "

" I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do. "

" Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. "

" Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access. "

" I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo. "

" The mandate for the CTO's office is to unleash the power of technology, data, and innovation on behalf of the nation. The CTO's office is really trying to bring best practices, possibilities, pilots, and policy advising. "

" We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech. "