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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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You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence.
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The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.
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It's the federal government's job to secure the border.
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Every single policy Hillary Clinton espouses and every single policy of President [Barack] Obama has been demonstrably bad for women!
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One of the things I would immediately do [as Commander in Chief ], in addition to defeating them here at home, is bring back the warrior class - Petraeus, McChrystal, Mattis, Keane, Flynn. Every single one of these generals I know. Every one was retired early because they told President [Barack] Obama things that he didn't want to hear.
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People who have been in and around government and politics for their entire lives may no longer be able to see the truth. Our government must be fundamentally reformed. The system has to be changed. Our politics can no longer tinker on the edges.
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I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.
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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 have been tested. I have beaten breast cancer. I have buried a child. I started as a secretary. I fought my way to the top of corporate America while being called every B word in the book. I fought my way into this election and on to this debate stage while all the political insiders and the pundits told, it couldn't be done.
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What I have said to people is that I've lived the American dream, because I have.
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Well, first, if I am fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate, it won't be a party that will have elected me. It will be the people of California.
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I have met Vladimir Putin, and I know his ambition will not be detoured by a gimmicky red, reset button.
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We need a leader who won't be silent - as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been - as millions of Christians are persecuted throughout the Middle East.
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You can find lots of people like you through technology, and women in particular like communities.
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We respect women and don't insult them by saying all they care about is reproductive rights. All issues are women's issues.
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When Hillary Clinton talks about adding more restrictions and complexity to our financial system, as she did in her economic policy speech, it shows how clueless she is about how the economy actually works.
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Leadership Is Performance. You Have To Be Conscious Of Your Behavior, Because Everyone Else Is.
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The people are fed up with the political class.
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