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“In retrospect, at a certain point it’s your ability to learn quickly and contribute quickly that matters.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“Then they say that they are taken out of this world, but I don’t want to be out of this world, I want to be absolutely in it, all of the time.’LF”
― Martin Gayford, Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud

“What, then, is a portrait painter painting? An individual who persists though time, or merely the way a ceaselessly mutating human organism appears in a particular time and place? It is a good question. …”
― Martin Gayford, Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud

“Taking risks, choosing growth, challenging ourselves, and asking for promotions (with smiles on our faces, of course) are all important elements of managing a career.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: For Graduates