But for every one of me there was 19 other guys that never made it through that obstacle course and probably gave up and got straight jobs by the time they were 25.
Beyond that, Mashable listed me one of the 44 Female Entrepreneurs to Know, The Jane Dough hailed me as one of the 50 Women of 2012 and The Wall Street Journal FINS honored me as one of the Top Woman in Tech Under 30.
One part of me, knows that this isn't good bye, and that no matter where this crazy world takes us when the time is right we will return.
Ms. BLACKBURN: I think, for me, one of the things that shocked me and led me to want to write a book about Billie Holiday was because every time you pick up a CD or a record or a biography, before they've even begun anything else about her, there was a mention of this drug element in her life.
Let me quickly mention one of the key side effects that concerns me about very large scale asset purchases: the removal of collateral from the financial system.
Just drop me into one of those black plastic bags and leave me by the trash can.
All of which brings me to one of my favorite gifts: an old-fashioned instruction guide for making cool stuff.
One day he told me that one of his sales directors had called a few days earlier about rumors of impending layoffs that were permeating the company.
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An anxious heat entered my eight-year-old mind and I curled up in bed, hoping Mother would pay me one of her night visits, kiss my forehead, lie beside me.
If one of them hit me, my efforts to avoid the baby would be for naught.
Also, one of them told me they rather enjoy letting all these poorer relations into the family.
"As I was trying to go towards them, one of them kicked me on my left leg, " he said.
One of them wanted me to babysit for a year and a half.
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Not too long ago, one of them pulled me aside and told me that I worked too much and needed to take vacations.
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One of them, Me and Tennessee, which Paltrow sings with country star Tim McGraw - was written by her husband, Coldplay star Chris Martin.
Not one of them asked me about the economy.
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This one kind of threw me for a loop because to me, if engagement marketing is done correctly, the prospecting of new customers should happen at the same time, at least theoretically.
In chatting up a trio of interns for this story, one of them asked me for an assignment, since she'd heard nothing from the two editors who were supposed to be supervising her.
Not one of them asked me about Asia.
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In fact, the Institute of Directors recently named me as one of the Six Most Connected Women in Great Britain!
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For the past few sessions the market has done all it could to test the mettle of those holding longs, me being one of them.
One collector told me recently that one of the great advantages she found when collecting contemporary art is that, if all else fails, the artist is still around to vouch for his or her work.
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Ms. ROBLES: What the superintendent of police told me is that one of the things that he's doing is tightening up the recruitment process.
Several days ago my manager told me that one of the clubs in the English Premier League is interested in me.
There was a tightness in my chest that released, and seeing the smiling faces of my CS family looking back at me was one of the greatest gifts of the day.
What I prayed was for God to either let me die or to give me one minute of peace from the obsession and sickness that was tearing me apart body and soul.
This was just one gathering of one branch of the family - which they described to me as a "tribe".
The former CEO of one of our customers once told me something similar to this idea of the factory inside the 3D printer.
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