I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind learning.

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"Sleep at this point is just a concept, something I’m looking forward to investigating in the future."

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"Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'"

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"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"

- President Boyd K. Packer

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"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."

- Mark Twain

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"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."

- David Ogilvy

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"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."

- Billie Jean King

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"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

- Michael Jordan

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