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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.

Carly Fiorina

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Carly Fiorina
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 6
Businessperson
Executive Officer
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Austin
Texas
Cara Carleton Sneed
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Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, 'No way.'
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We must continue to show tolerance for those whose opinions and sincerely held beliefs differ from our own. We must lead by example, finding a way to respect one another and to celebrate a culture that protects religious freedom while promoting equality under the law.
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Customers can't always tell you what they want, but they can always tell you what's wrong.
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I would say that [David] Petraeus and [Hillary] Clinton are being handled very difficultly by this administration over arguably exactly the same issue, which was the handling of classified information over a personal email.
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Margaret Thatcher - a woman I greatly admire - once said that she was not content to manage the decline of a great nation. Neither am I. I am prepared to lead the resurgence of a great nation.
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I mean there are many people who have endorsed me that I agree with on some things and not others.
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National security is a place where the private sector could be helpful because the government is woefully behind the technology curve. But secondly, the bureaucratic processes that have been in place since 9/11 are woefully inadequate as well.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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It's not a world war yet, but we're at war, because ISIS has declared war on us.
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Politics is different than business.
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Make the choice to do something because it engages your heart as well as your mind. Make the choice because it engages all of you.
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This world is clearly emerging before our eyes. The shifts ahead, the opportunities ahead are massive.
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When you don't respond to bad behavior, you get more of it.
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Whatever the consequences of staying true to yourself, they're much less than the consequences of selling your soul.
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Somehow a U.N. resolution about Syria puts us where we need to be? I think it is a reflection of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's beliefs that our foreign policy gets set by others.
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