12 Quotes by Marissa Mayer about Thinking

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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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    When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.

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    I realized in all the cases where I was happy with the decision I made, there were two common threads: Surround myself with the smartest people who challenge you to think about things in new ways, and do something you are not ready to do so you can learn the most.

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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 don't think that I would consider myself a feminist. I think that I certainly believe in equal rights, I believe that women are just as capable, if not more so in a lot of different dimensions, but I don't, I think have, sort of, the militant drive and the sort of, the chip on the shoulder that sometimes comes with that.

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    I think Google should be like a Swiss Army knife: clean, simple, the tool you want to take everywhere.

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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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    This is one of my favorites. People think of creativity as this sort of unbridled thing, but engineers thrive on constraints. They love to think their way out of that little box: 'We know you said it was impossible, but we're going to do this, this, and that to get us there.'

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