All Quotes

"And I’ve grown to understand that as an entrepreneur, difficult decisions are made every day that affects many people’s lives. But I advise other leaders to look at Elon for what NOT to do to employees. That was just cruel and unnecessary in its handling"

"Recognize that we all have unconscious biases, and remove anything that hinders collaboration and trust"

"We naturally gravitate toward people of similar minds, but we learn more from conversations with colleagues that take a devil’s advocate position"

"Growing up in NYC from a prominent Jewish family, with a very strong black mother who grew up during segregation in the south side of Chicago from a middle-class family"

"from a young age, I was very aware of both of these sides of myself. It can be challenging being mixed, especially in the 90s and 2000s — obviously now as well — but as a young girl, trying to figure out your identity and it being a little more complicated than most"

"I won’t say it was hard, and I won’t say it was easy"

"I was always very proud of my Jewish heritage. I knew from a young age that I wanted to have a bat mitzvah, I also knew from a young age, that this was very different from how my mother grew up. She really wanted me to own both sides. My mom was a very confident woman herself, and so she definitely instilled a lot of that in me"

"Maybe it started out as trying to be a goody two-shoes but I always remember being the one kid at the table who just ate all of the gefilte fish, and everyone was always talking about how I would [always] eat all the gefilte fish"

"I grew up in a household that was very into the world of wellness; my mom loves reiki, very plant-based and conscientious about nutrition"

"However, it was really when my grandmother passed away from anorexia that I made health and wellness a priority in my life"

"I thank God for the years passed and the pastoral experience in the dioceses of Bereina and Kavieng. I return to Rabaul as Jesus returned to Nazareth: here he was judged by the people for what he had done. There will be those who will judge and will question my decisions, but all I ask is your collaboration and patience to allow me to lead the community, with the light and grace of God, as your new Pastor."

"I’ve always loved math, but I don’t think it always loved me back"

"My journey is weird because I feel like I operated in the complete absence of a mathematical community."

"I was always drawn to puzzles and captivated by mathematical thinking and trying to understand how things work. When I was little there were Magic School Bus books with information bubbles."

"I never thought of myself as a mathematician. I went to a performing arts school from the fourth to the eighth grade. Most of my formative years were spent in classes where there was creative dance, piano and art."

"I was a creative writing major at that school. There was math happening but this was in no way an environment of STEM that I’ve experienced today."

"In high school, I got accepted into a magnet program. I switched to a different school because I had heard this program was like my art school but just for math and science, I thought it would be interesting to see how that would turn out and it didn’t go so great."

"I was dismissed after the first year because I didn’t get high enough grades in geometry and statistics, and this was a program where you couldn’t get C’s and I got C’s in those courses."

"Each step we take, big and small, counts in the journey."

"My story is still being written, and every day is a new day to look at things differently."

"My career started at NASA in the field of logistics."

"I was responsible for managing shuttle inventory levels, managing technical resources and project deliverables."

"I decided to diversify my skillset and moved to Atlanta to work in the telecommunications sector."

"I worked in infrastructure project management at Cingular Wireless and AT&T."

"I transitioned positions to work in the Office of Supplier Diversity."

"My role was to foster business relationships with women and diverse businesses to assist in help in making introductions and serving as a liaison for growth."

"Sometimes in life there are life altering events that help you reshape your perspective and career path."

"My life’s mission changed when I received news from my sister that our mom had suddenly passed away at home, alone at the age of 61."

"I remember the impact this pivotal moment of her passing had on the redefinition of my journey forward."

"I recognized the potential of email marketing in contrast to my previous endeavors when in 2004,"

"I realized we all can relate to the feeling of being inundated with inbox clutter and un-engaging messages."

"In efforts to understand how major fortune brands, non-profits and mid-tier businesses engage and connect with their audiences,"

"I signed up for email communications of over 150 brands."

"l soon discovered all of these brand communications had similarities in common."

"I did not feel special or engaged or inspired to take their next step."

"Global Learning – is that the field becomes increasingly more than just knowledge, but it becomes a field that is about what you do with that knowledge."

"https://pr.princeton.edu/pwb/04/0426/6a.shtml"

"Indians have excellent eyes and ears; and our band, if weak in numbers, was certainly strong in lungs; for such as had wind instruments spared neither contortions of the face, nor exertions of their organs of respiration to give volume to the music."

"Sometimes, I am truly amazed at how certain newspapers or politicians manage to manipulate narratives to the point of turning them upside down. I don't understand how they can transform people who care for the homeless into squatters who take homes away from others. Housing rights movements deal with public housing, which is left vacant because the system doesn't work."

"(About the 'Ndrangheta) Only crumbs remain in Calabria: it is not profitable to invest there and it would make suspicious wealth visible. It buys from Rome upwards. And it is present in many European countries, from Germany to Switzerland, and abroad, in Canada and Australia."

"I’ve realized that’s not my lane."

"Drug trafficking has become big business for the 'ndrangheta, which has sent its men to South America to buy cocaine at the lowest price."

"The 'Ndrangheta sells cocaine wholesale to Cosa Nostra and the Camorra, as well as distributing it itself in central and northern Italy."

"I understand women driven by their careers, as I am one of them."

"Today, it is the politicians who seek out the members of the 'Ndrangheta and not vice versa. To obtain votes in exchange for contracts."

"We are mothers first and we must bring our authentic selves to the workplace."

"I know Hungary from its darkest place: prison. There, I was held in pre-trial detention, in harsh conditions, for 15 months. [...] Under the government of Viktor Orbán, Hungary has become an illiberal and oligarchic regime, an authoritarian ethnic state. Some even call it a “modern tyranny.” What is certain is that the rule of law and media freedom are not guaranteed. Dissent is criminalized and civil society is repressed. While oligarchs loyal to the leader have become wealthy, social and regional inequalities have worsened. Minority rights are systematically violated and racism has become mainstream. [...] This new and dangerous form of fascism represents the authoritarian variant of global capitalism in our times."

"Genoa 2001 is often remembered with pain. It was many things, and certainly also a great collective trauma. But beyond the suffering, we must also learn to cherish the memory of the extraordinary strength of that movement. That strange plural creature of the new millennium, which called itself the “movement of movements.” A movement that was ahead of its time. That pointed to the need for an internationalist alternative to capitalist globalization. That built alliances between different worlds, that united peoples beyond nationalism, that reconciled differences. With all its limitations, of course. But with enormous potential for change. We are still everywhere. Carlo lives!"

"The right wing parties does not want to create the conditions and tools that would enable people to overcome their insecurities. On the contrary, it favors dynamics of human, social, and political regression. Therefore, it is important to commit to improving material living conditions and stimulating paths of growth. [...] Solidarity, a courageous and collective force that is truly capable of changing the world, must be the beacon that helps us stay on course."

"[...] for the post-fascists in government, targeting social realities is no accident: it is a political program, combining ideological revenge with an authoritarian agenda."