Anne Wojcicki Quotes
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I have always been interested in health care and doing something that is dramatic.
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There are a lot of people in D.C. who have never been on Twitter or Facebook and don't get what's happening.
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Women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer can learn a tremendous amount from women who have already been treated.
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Employment and health insurance are now protected by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.
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As a parent, the most responsible thing I can do is get as much information about my children as possible so I can then think through how I can make them as healthy as possible.
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You may not know your complete family history, but the reality is everyone has something, and as you get older, you start to worry about these things more. Health is not sort of like a 6-month project. Health is a lifetime accumulation of behaviors.
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I spend a lot of my spare time with my family. My sisters, parents, and in-laws all live nearby.
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The consumer is really underutilized in health care.
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I have deep respect for Rep. Jackie Speier and all that she has done to open doors for women everywhere.
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I guess I'm just fiercely independent.
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I was brought up with a scientific outlook on life. It's the way my father deciphers the world - whether it's football, politics or hairstyles. So I don't get anxious about the future, because I was raised to believe and accept that nothing stays the same, and the best way to survive is to adapt.
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I think the biggest problem in clinical trials is that they are underpowered. And that fundamentally, the studies are just too small.
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Obesity is awesome from a Wall Street perspective. It's not just one disease - there are all sorts of related diseases to profit from.
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I usually start my day when my kids wake up.
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People want to be in charge of health information. They want it available the same way online banking is available.
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23andMe is pleased to bring public funding to bear on data and research driven by the public - our more than 180,000 customers.
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I'm not going to change; I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am.
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When Amazon emerged, people had these debates about whether people would put their credit cards online.
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You should know how to take care of yourself. That's one of the things that I got from my mother most - she always said that if you don't take care of yourself, no one will.
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All the kids from my nursery school are still in touch.
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Everyone's going to die, and everyone's going to get sick at some point. But I do believe that there are choices you can make in life that will make you as healthy as possible.
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If we can actually decrease the failure rate from nine out of 10 drugs failing in clinical trials and instead have seven out of 10 instead failing, that is a major victory for drug discovery and for people having better therapy.
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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.
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For people who want to be proactive about their health, there is a lot of information that we can provide. If you are going to have children, I think you have a responsibility to know if you are carrying anything. A lot of people tend to do the testing once they are pregnant.