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" We know that diversity can sometimes be more uncomfortable because things are less familiar - but it gets the best results. "
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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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" In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team. "
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" There are hundreds of historic and current examples of women and minorities doing groundbreaking work in technology, but so many of these stories are not well known, and in some cases, the stories have been all but lost. "
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" Malala Yousafzai is all of our daughter, like Iqbal Masih who was all of our son. "
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" 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. "
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" Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science. "
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" Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions. "
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" We culturally decided, as the personal computer came in, that it was for the boys. "
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" 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. "
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" The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to. "
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" Thinking through how to make sure we're bringing incredible toys and experiences and that to our girls and our boys at some point is really important for this country for the world in general. "
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" To me, there's so much talent in the world that's locked out for the wrong reasons, whether it's innovators at the highest end where we need to change the regulation systems, or whether it's the talented people who work here who the bureaucracy's holding back, or the amazing American people. "
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" 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. "
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" It's so interesting that when somebody's pregnant, we are obsessed with knowing the gender of the child so we can figure out what we need to buy that child, what the present would be. Like we're pre-programming the kid before they were born. "
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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. "
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" I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs. "
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" 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? "
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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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" Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. "
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" We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech. "
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" 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. "
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" I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves. "
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" 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. "
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" Flipping our classrooms into active learning spaces really is important and having these convenient spaces where people feel comfortable. "
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