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I am a simple creature.
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Creature
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I'd love a job at Facebook.
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Facebook
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I actually had a lot of very smart peers.
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Peers
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Luck is not scalable. Luck is not a national strategy.
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Luck
Strategy
National
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We are all more capable than we could ever imagine or admit to.
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Capable
More Than Ever
Admit
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We'll be investing in basic science research with the goal of curing disease.
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Disease
Investing
Curing
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We hope that others will also commit to giving generously and starting young.
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Commit
Generously
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If bad things happen to you as a kid, it's hard for you to succeed as an adult.
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Bad Things
Things Happen
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You - and I have to remind myself of this - are capable beyond your wildest imagination.
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Imagination
Capable
Beyond
Remind
Wildest
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We live in Palo Alto, which has, fortunately, one of the greatest school districts in the country.
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School Districts
Alto
Districts
Fortunately
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We - the current generation - have a moral responsibility to make the world better for future generations.
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Generations
Moral Responsibility
Current
Future Generations
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We try to stick pretty close to what our goals are and what we believe and what we enjoy doing in life - just simple things.
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Enjoy
Simple
Simple Things
Pretty
Try
Close
Stick
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When I began my practice, I said I'm going to be a pediatrician that really thinks about and understands a child's educational trajectory.
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Educational
Pediatrician
Trajectory
Understands
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My identity, I felt, was so distinct. I felt very much like an outsider. My family didn't have the same rituals that everyone else seemed to have.
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Identity
Distinct
Everyone Else
Rituals
Outsider
Seemed
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Education is an incredibly personal issue for me. If you're the first generation to go to college, sometimes you don't realize your potential until others point it out.
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First Generation
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There are many philanthropists who we admire and have learned a great deal from, including mentors like Bill and Melinda Gates and peers like Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz.
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Gates
Peers
Tuna
Great Deal
Mentors
Philanthropists
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I just think that philanthropy is a fancy way to say that you care about others and that you want to serve others. And that's been a part of me for as long as I can remember.
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Fancy
Philanthropy
Me Long Remember
Long Me Remember
Serve
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It takes a long time to get good at something, so it's important to begin as early as possible so that we can improve and begin to see the compounding benefits of the work over time.
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Benefits
Long
Long Time
Time Work Good
Begin
Possible
Compounding
Early
Work Time Good
Over
Improve
Takes
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Sharing our experience with pregnancy was incredibly important because we realized how challenging and difficult that was, and there are really dark moments where you think you're alone.
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Pregnancy
Sharing
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Mama showed me that I didn't have to change just because someone else saw things differently. She showed me that having differences is normal and that I didn't have to be afraid of the differences in all of us.
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Differences
Mama
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We have Beast, our Hungarian sheep dog. And he is so talented. He's so smart. He knows his daily schedule. He has an extracurricular activity. He goes herding. He herds sheep. And we've been told that he's quite gifted.
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Activity
Beast
Gifted
Talented
Herd
Hungarian
Schedule
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My public school teachers did a great job of saying, 'Check this out. You're qualified for this. You should explore these opportunities.' They're the ones who said, 'You know, apply to Harvard. You might be a good fit here.'
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Great Job
Harvard
Public School
Qualified
School Teachers
Teachers
Good Great Know
Check
Explore
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I think it's a shame when people don't see the funny, thoughtful Mark that I know. He is incredibly sensitive and really cares about what other people need and want and really wants to be able to make someone else's day. And that's the Mark that I see.
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Mark
Sensitive
Thoughtful
Cares
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We've invested in Newark's children, the schools and teachers, and these are long-term bets that need a number of years to really pan out. We've seen and learned how important it is to listen to the community and really get a sense of what they need and want. And it's a long journey.
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Journey
Long Journey
Newark
Teachers
Bets
Number
Invested
Pan
Schools
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