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Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.

Sheryl Sandberg

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Sheryl Sandberg
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 28
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Computer Scientist
Economist
Washington
District of Columbia
Sheryl Kara Sandberg
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Social gains are never handed out. They must be seized.
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Don't be afraid to ask the 'dumb' question, everyone else will be relieved you had the guts to ask!
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There is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.
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As a man gets more successful, powerful, he is more liked, and as a woman gets more successful, she is less liked, and that's true by both women and men.
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I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
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I'm a feminist because I believe in women... it's a heavy word, feminism, but it's not one I think we should run from. I'm proud to be a feminist.
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When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a 'good man' before they are all taken.
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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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I want women to get paid more. I want to teach them to negotiate so they get paid more.
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When I was in high school, I was voted most likely to succeed.
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Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior women because there are so few.
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I want my daughter to have the choice not just to succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.
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There are really good reasons to leave the workforce or work less or take a different job when you want to be with your children. I just want women - and men - to make that choice once they have the child. Not years in advance, because... they don't get the right opportunities. They give up before they even start.
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Fear is at the root of so many of the barriers that women face. Fear of not being liked. Fear of making the wrong choice. Fear of drawing negative attention. Fear of overreaching. Fear of being judged. Fear of failure. And the holy trinity of fear: the fear of being a bad mother/wife/daughter.
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Your life's course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.
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I think now is our time. My mother was told by everyone that she had two choices: She could be a nurse or a teacher. The external barriers now are just so much lower. If we start acknowledging what the real issues are, we can solve them. It's not that hard.
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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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The most important thing we're doing differently is that we talk openly about gender at Facebook.
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