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It was a very well-rounded childhood with lots of different opportunities. My mom will say she set out to overstimulate me - surround me with way too many things and let me pick. As a result, I've always been a multitasker; I've always liked a lot of variety.
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The internet creates more of an appetite for media - it doesn't replace physical books, radio or TV.
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I really like even numbers, and I like heavily divisible numbers. Twelve is my lucky number - I just love how divisible it is. I don't like odd numbers, and I really don't like primes. When I turned 37, I put on a strong face, but I was not looking forward to 37. But 37 turned out to be a pretty amazing year.
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I think, you know, a fellow CEO said to me that the interesting thing about being CEO that's really striking is that you have very few decisions that you need to make, and you need to make them absolutely perfectly.
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If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.
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I definitely think what drives technology companies is the people; because in a technology company it's always about what are you going to do next.
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I think that burnout happens because of resentment. That notion that, 'Wow, I worked 100 hours last week, and I couldn't even have this thing that I really wanted.'
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I want Yahoo to be the absolute best place to work, to have a fantastic culture.
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I think it's very comforting for people to put me in a box. 'Oh, she's a fluffy girlie girl who likes clothes and cupcakes. Oh, but wait, she is spending her weekends doing hardware electronics.'
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You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.
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I think that for me, it's God, family and Yahoo - in that order.
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It was the height of the first boom, so it was 1999. It was a good year to be a graduate in computer science.
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I think that ultimately over time we really should strive for a place where most information is available online and is searchable.
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Good students are good at all things.
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I like to stay in the rhythm of things. My maternity leave will be a few weeks long, and I'll work throughout it.
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I think that the big piece here is that it really allows us to partner. Yahoo! has always been a very friendly company.
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