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" What I knew was I liked math and science, and I never wanted to memorize everything. I wanted to understand where it came from. "

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" Artificial intelligence is one of 50 things that Watson does. There is also machine learning, text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and different analytical engines - they're like little Lego bricks. You can put intelligence in any product or any process you have. "

" Some people make their choice on size. I happen to not be a believer in that. I've often said, especially in an industry that's clamoring for growth, if I wanted size, I wouldn't have divested $8 billion of businesses. "

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

" 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. "

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

" If you step back and look at technology from every era, it has displaced jobs but also created a lot of jobs. "

" What has always made IBM a fascinating and compelling place for me is the passion of the company, and its people, to apply technology and scientific thinking to major societal issues. "

" I think health care is absolutely ripe. It's an $8 trillion industry, lots of inefficiency in it. "

" You define yourself by either what your clients want or what you believe they'll need for the future. So: Define yourself by your client, not your competitor. "

" 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. "

" If we would change the basis and align what is taught in school with what is needed with business... that's where I came up with this idea of 'new collar.' Not blue collar or white collar. "

" To me, I learned along the way, you know, culture is behavior. That's all it is; culture is people's behaviors. "

" I make time to exercise. It's not being indulgent. I think it's got a lot to do with your ability to manage properly and stay focused. There's no doubt about that. "

" I think, particularly in our tech industry, this is an industry that has violent innovation and then commoditization, and it's a cycle of innovation/commoditization. "

" When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you're on a scale like we are in 170 countries and hundreds of thousands of people, you have a single point of view. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" I don't think anybody's just B2B or B2C anymore. You are B2I - business to individual. "

" When my father left us, my mother went back to school immediately. She went to school in the day while we were at school, and she worked at night. She worked very hard to never let someone define her as a victim or a failure. "

" I've always looked for challenges, and I have found plenty. "

" Digital, it is not the destination. "

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