Anne Wojcicki Quotes
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I think that the idea of people wanting to steal your genome remains a little bit in the world of science fiction. It's a new technology, and it's new science that people are becoming familiar with. It's critical for us to do everything we can to enable the privacy level that people want.
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We don't have enough data about how lifestyle decisions impact our health.
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Just as computer technology and the Internet created whole new industries and extraordinary benefits for people that extend into almost every realm of human endeavor from education to transportation to medicine, genetics will undoubtedly benefit people everywhere in ways we can't even imagine but know will surely occur.
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There's clearly things you can do in your environment to try to prevent disease, and I want to know what those things are.
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When you have a laser focus, and you get distracted by what other people say, you can lose that laser focus.
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We care a lot more about not having the disease than treating it.
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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.
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I have always been interested in health care and doing something that is dramatic.
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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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It's up to all of us, the consumers, to take charge of our health. It's almost like voting. It's your responsibility.
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I like company lunches because I think going out wastes valuable time; plus, a lot of good ideas come up over lunch.
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Why should I need a prescription to spit into a vial and get my DNA read? Why can't I get my own blood drawn without a doctor's permission? It's my blood.
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One of the things is, I don't read my own press. I never watch myself.
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My family and I were some of the first people to be genotyped.
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A lot of genetic testing hasn't been integrated into healthcare because it has been expensive. I want to make people realise that they have the ability to be in charge of their own health.
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I believe that we all have freedom to shape our own life and the world around us.
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Most medications don't work effectively for a lot people.
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I think life is pretty awesome.
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If health care is a $2.7 trillion industry, and a huge percentage is paid by the government, then you have to be involved in politics to make a difference.
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When Amazon emerged, people had these debates about whether people would put their credit cards online.
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Fashion was never my forte.
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I first heard about 'genes' when I was six years old. At dinner one night, I heard my mom tell my sister, 'It's in your genes.'
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There's nothing worse than walking into a hospital and seeing people sick and miserable and having a horrible treatment.
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Big data is going to make us all healthier.