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What counsel would you give your twenty-year-old self — and what should they ignore?
Grace Hopper

United States Navy rear admiral; computer scientist; co-designer of COBOL

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
Always remember that it's much easier to apologize than to get permission. In this world of computers, the best thing to do is to do it.

Lake Forest College, Chicago Tribune, 9 December 1982 (via Quote Investigator), 9 December 1982 source ↗

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Megan Rapinoe United States international footballer, 2006–2023
Even more simply, you can ask yourself this question: "Do I truly care about equality for all people in this country?" If the answer is yes, then demand to be a better, more educated, more empathetic version of yourself. And demand the same of every single person you know.
Recorded First-person essay, The Players' Tribune, 6 October 2016 source ↗
Keith Black Neurosurgeon; chair of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
If you want to do something, one of the smartest things that you can do is go find someone that’s done it and to try to get them to show you how they did it, to show you where the potholes are. What are the right steps to get there? ... And not just in terms of where to go to school, but what are the things that are really tough that you have to overcome, and how did you overcome it.
Recorded Academy of Achievement recorded interview, American Academy of Achievement, 4 May 2001 source ↗
Sundar Pichai Chief executive of Alphabet and Google
So take the time to find the thing that excites you more than anything else in the world. Not the thing your parents want you to do. Or the thing that all your friends are doing. Or that society expects of you.
Recorded Dear Class of 2020 (YouTube), Google (The Keyword), 7 June 2020 source ↗
Tony Fadell Engineer and designer; led the iPod and iPhone teams at Apple, founder of Nest Labs
Learn by doing, not learn first, then do. The way you discover what it is you like to do in life is by doing first, then learning about it.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 5 February 2016 source ↗

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