Mellody Hobson Quotes

• Invite people into your life who don't look or act like you. You might find they challenge your assumptions and make you grow.

  Mellody Hobson

  People, Challenges, Looks

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• The biggest risk of all is not taking one.

  Mellody Hobson

  Risk

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• It's time we become comfortable with the uncomfortable conversations about race...Instead of being color blind, we need to be color brave.

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  Race, Color, Racism

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• In terms of my profession, I'm passionate about financial literacy. I want to live in a financially literate society. I want kids to understand the importance of savings and investing. I want to try to replicate the great savers who came out of the Depression, the best savers the country has ever seen. It's crucial that people understand the importance of financial literacy, because it's actually life saving.

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  Country, Kids, People

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• Don't be color blind, be color brave. Embrace diversity as a competitive advantage.

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  Color, Diversity, Brave

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• You cannot be brave without fear.

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  Brave, Be Brave

  "DreamWorks Chairwoman Mellody Hobson Calls for Tolerance, Talks 'Soul Mate' George Lucas in USC Speech " by Ashley Lee, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 15, 2015.

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• Observe your environment. Invite people into your life that don't look like you or think like you

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  Thinking, People, Looks

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• If we can learn to deal with our discomfort and just relax into it we'll have a better life.

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  Relax, Better Life, Deals

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• Sometimes you have to crouch to conquer

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  Sometimes, Conquer

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• I know many members of our community steer clear of Wall Street because of the perception that the stock market is risky, but I am convinced the biggest risk of all is not taking one.

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  Wall, Community, Risk

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• It took me a long time to be as brave in my personal life as I was in my professional life to be brave in love means opening yourself up to the possibility of heartbreak.

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  Mean, Long, Brave

  "DreamWorks Chairwoman Mellody Hobson Calls for Tolerance, Talks "Soul Mate" George Lucas in USC Speech" by Ashley Lee, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 15, 2015.

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• White men make up 30% of America but they hold 70% of the board seats.

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  Men, White Man, America

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• I think that's life in general. It's the way it is when we pick stocks, all of them don't always work, so I guess I come to the view naturally. That's just the way life is for human beings so its going to be just as true for policy.

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  Thinking, Views, Way

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• Black people use body lotion every single day.

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  People, Black, Use

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• I'm asking you not to be color blind, but to be color brave.

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  Color, Brave, Asking

  "Color blind or color brave?". TED Talk, www.ted.com. March 2014.

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