- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Misunderstanding
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about genetic information and what you can and cannot learn.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
The challenge in a startup is you hit a lot of turbulence, and you want people who understand that it's just turbulence and not a crisis.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you try new things, you will make mistakes. That's OK.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Traditionally, when you talk to people who have Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, they'll talk about how they're in five or six studies, and they've been sequenced by each study. That's just fat in the system. Just have a single data set that then you can share. You can make the entire system more efficient.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Have you ever heard of a pianist who never had to practice - or of an architect who didn't bother to find out why buildings stand up?
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poets these days, like artists and composers, have won for themselves almost unlimited freedom. You can pass yourself off as a painter without being able to draw, as a composer without being conscious of key relationships, and as a poet without making yourself familiar with traditional verse forms.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you have a laser focus, and you get distracted by what other people say, you can lose that laser focus.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing more raw in life than when you're sick.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's crazy to me that in this world of electronic medical records Walmart has so much information about how we shop, but no one has that information about our health. Why can't my doctor say, 'Wow, Anne, based on your lifestyle and behavior, you're five years from being diabetic.' But I can go to Target, and they know exactly what I'm going to buy.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of the beauty of Silicon Valley is that people generally encourage you to think crazy. It's the hypothesis that there's nothing sacred that can't be changed.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020