Zitat des Tages von Priscilla Chan:
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.
If bad things happen to you as a kid, it's hard for you to succeed as an adult.
Teach for America has helped us understand what works and what doesn't.
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.
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.
I am a simple creature.
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.
We hope that others will also commit to giving generously and starting young.
Whatever you want to do, do it now.
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.
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.
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.
I actually had a lot of very smart peers.
We'll be investing in basic science research with the goal of curing disease.