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" Women are not making it to the top of any profession in the world. But when I say, 'The blunt truth is that men run the world,' people say, 'Really?' That, to me, is the problem. "

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" My grandfather had a paint store. It's what put my mom through college. Small business is part of my family history. "

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

" I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women. "

" 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. "

" We have to work on treating ourselves like we would treat our friends. "

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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. "

" And what I saw happening is that women don't make one decision to leave the workforce. They makes lots of little decisions really far in advance that kind of inevitably lead them there. "

" 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? "

" Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she's cheered on and supported. "

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Daughter

Son

" I lost my husband, and it's a horrific thing to live through. "

" I don't believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional, and it is all personal. "

" I wrote 'Option B' because I want other people to know it can get better, and I want to help people make it better. "

" There are so many kids in this country growing up in poverty, facing very, very hard challenges... We need resilience for all of them. "

" I think we build resilience to prepare for whatever adversity we'll face. And we all face some adversity - we're all living some form of Option B. "

" We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests. "

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

" We've got to get women to sit at the table. "

" The most important thing - and I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it a hundred times - if you marry a man, marry the right one. "

" In fact, my New Year's resolution every year, and I'm Jewish so I get two New Years a year, is to meditate, and I fail every time. "

" Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table. There's a reason why men want to understand the challenges women face, address them, because then they're going to be better hirers, attracters and retainers of women. "

" We need to build resilience together, rooted in religion, rooted in schools, rooted in our health care institutions. "

" Big businesses have always had a lot more voice. They can afford advertising; they can afford marketing. But for small businesses, being able to quickly and cheaply connect to customers is a big deal. "

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Small

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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. "

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

" It is definitely true that adversity and hardship are not evenly distributed. "

" I don't believe we have a professional self from Mondays through Fridays and a real self for the rest of the time. "

" 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.' "

" At Facebook, we try to be a strengths-based organization, which means we try to make jobs fit around people rather than make people fit around jobs. We focus on what people's natural strengths are and spend our management time trying to find ways for them to use those strengths every day. "

" But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change. "