"Remember that you can do anything you want to do. Don't let anyone say, 'You're not smart enough... it's too hard... it's a dumb idea... no one has done that before... girls don't do that.' My mom gave me that advice in 1973. And it allowed me to never worry about what others were saying about my career direction."

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Meg Whitman

#Girl Quotes #Mom Quotes #Smart Quotes

“I've always had a keen interest in the world. My father was in Patton's 3rd Army, and he helped liberate Dachau in the 7th Army.”
“When I realised I wasn't Michael Jackson and I was this 10 year old boy growing up in the suburbs, I was devastated”
“Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.”
“We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition.”
“Actors in general are pretty good bullshit artists; we're good at just chewing the fat, interacting with people. So we're good ambassadors for movies.”
“I strongly believe that those of us, who are privileged to have wealth, should contribute significantly to try and create a better world for the millions who are far less privileged”
“Impulsively, she leaned across the truck and kissed him on the cheek. He glanced over in surprise when she pulled away, but pleasure glowed in his eyes. "What was that for?" "Just seemed like the thing to do," she said. "Well, feel free to do it more often," he encouraged. "I assure you I won't mind.”

Source : Maya Banks (2012). “Shades of Gray: A KGI Novel”, p.116, Penguin
“I am a writer and my faith in the world of art is intense, but not irrational, nor naÃ¯ve - because art takes us and makes us take a journey beyond price, beyond cost, into bearing witness to the world as it is and as it should be. Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.”

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