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Any time I broke through the 'glass ceiling' by accomplishing things that foreigners weren't apparently able to do, they've been huge personal victories and career highlights for me. ”
There's this idea that somebody's job could be more important than somebody else's, and to me, that's not true. ”
I see myself as a roving mosquito, choosing it's target. ”
I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief goal as a writer has always been to tell a good story and give my readers a good time. ”
You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks... although the latter is much less realistic. ”
The essence of business to me is great people run great companies. Mediocre people don't do a very good job. ”
I have invested in companies. I have worked in companies. We have built companies; we have created jobs. ”
Ambition never comes to an end. ”
I do worry that as we try to fix this long-term debt and deficit situation that we don't destroy the market incentives for biomedical research. What I fear is the government using its considerable clout to say, 'Here's the price we're setting for your medicines.' ”
Most of my diversity conversations are had with the majority population, because frankly, those people are the people who have the most influence over everybody's career. ”