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My parents were passionate about what they did, very cheap, and very focused on doing good in society.

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Did you know that there was a study in 1961 that found that 90 percent of physicians wouldn't tell you if you were diagnosed with cancer?

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Every couple of weeks, someone writes in and says, '23andMe saved my life.'

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We have been trained not to think about our health care until there's a problem.

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I feel that gender balance in the work environment is actually the best recipe for success.

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Health is not sort of like a 6-month project. Health is a lifetime accumulation of behaviors.

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Traditionally, when you talk to people who have Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, they'll talk about how they're in five or six studies, and they've been sequenced by each study. That's just fat in the system. Just have a single data set that then you can share. You can make the entire system more efficient.

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There's clearly things you can do in your environment to try to prevent disease, and I want to know what those things are.

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One of the things is, I don't read my own press. I never watch myself.

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It's very important that children learn to use technology - it's part of life - but also that they learn when to put it down.

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I think there's a point to regulating, because there are snake oil companies.

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Fashion was never my forte.

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It doesn't matter how rich or poor you are: when you're sick, you want the exact same thing.

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There's going to be space travel at some point.

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I usually start my day when my kids wake up.

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When you have a laser focus, and you get distracted by what other people say, you can lose that laser focus.

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23andMe is pleased to bring public funding to bear on data and research driven by the public - our more than 180,000 customers.

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I think being on a constraint with money makes you much more creative.

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I spend a lot of my spare time with my family. My sisters, parents, and in-laws all live nearby.

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Most medications don't work effectively for a lot people.

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I think we're just scratching the surface. One of the most exciting aspects of 23andMe is that we're enabling you to watch a revolution unfold live during your lifetime, and I think that the decoding of the genome, in my opinion, is the most fascinating discovery of our lifetime, and you get to be part of it.

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I hope that Los Altos is one of the first cities to have self-driving cars, and if that's true, well, awesome, because there's a lot of parking lots that we could get rid of and use for parks. That would be amazing!

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I think it's important to have flexibility to work wherever is best for you. I actually encourage people to work at the cafe - or from home or wherever works best for them.

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I grew up with my mom being very, very cheap, so when it's free, I'm like, 'Oh my God, it's free - I have to take as much as I can!'

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It's up to all of us, the consumers, to take charge of our health. It's almost like voting. It's your responsibility.

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I think that for people who are trying to make a difference, you have to start the company being naive. You wouldn't do it if you understood all the work. I work a lot. I wish it was easier.

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The pharma industry is one of the few industries that comes up every year and brags about how much worse they got - like, now it costs $2 billion to make a drug, and it was a billion 5 years ago.

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Some genetic variants can be informative about one's risk for Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

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If health care is a $2.7 trillion industry, and a huge percentage is paid by the government, then you have to be involved in politics to make a difference.

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People are used to dealing with risk. You are told if you smoke, you are at higher risk of lung cancer. And I think people are able to also understand, when they are told they are a carrier for a genetic disease, that is not a risk to them personally but something that they could pass on to children.

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I've come to the conclusion that you shouldn't have to see a genetic counselor. It should be a choice.

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My perfect weekend is going for a walk with my family in the park. I don't think there's anything better.

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Big challenges are an accumulation of small challenges.

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It's crazy to me that in this world of electronic medical records Walmart has so much information about how we shop, but no one has that information about our health. Why can't my doctor say, 'Wow, Anne, based on your lifestyle and behavior, you're five years from being diabetic.' But I can go to Target, and they know exactly what I'm going to buy.

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I tried to minimize exposure to technology before two. After that, I've taught the kids to use devices in moderation. It's important for them to learn how to control their behaviour themselves. Simply restricting access makes them want it more.

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