We have been conducting interagency meetings to understand the scope of the issue (of human trafficking), as well as gathering recommendations from the academic, public and private sector, today, we bring an additional and critical group to the table, legislative leaders, to discuss concrete steps through legislation.

Ivanka Trump

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Success isn’t something that happens to you; you happen to it.

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happens

Work is changing for men as much as it is for women.

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men

Jewelry is incredibly feminine, and reflects the grace and beauty of a women's style like nothing else.

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jewelry style grace

It's very hard to be great at what you do if you aren't deeply passionate.

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hard passionate ifs

I've never lived in a building without my name on it.

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branding building names

I set very bold goals. It's how I've always been. I'm definitely somebody who swings for the fences, and I expect very high performance.

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swings fence goal

In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.

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design journey travel

Everything about mediocrity kills me.

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kill-me mediocrity

My father values talent. He recognizes real knowledge and skill when he finds it. He is color blind and gender neutral. He hires the best person for the job, period.

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mother jobs father

I've also built my own business, and obviously it's a brand that I've built and it's wholly owned by me and something that certainly my experience observing him and working with him and for him has informed how I make business decisions around my brand. But it's my company.

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brands company decision

If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then I'm complicit.

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positive-impact impact force

Traditionally women have been more reticent to acknowledge their ambition and to say it with pride. So I like having people who work for us who are ambitious, engaged, respectful. Mis-hiring is a huge mistake. It's a tremendous opportunity cost throwing the position to the wrong person.

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pride ambition mistake

I've never had a sense of entitlement. I saw how hard my father worked for his money, and it was always made very clear to me that things wouldn't just be given to me.

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entitlement saws father

My father represents a very interesting challenge to the Republican party. I think this is taking people by surprise. (But) I think that's why he's so welcomed by the American voters, because they want somebody who says what they are thinking.

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party father thinking

People underestimate me, and that's fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated.

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negotiation underestimate people

I am very proud of my father and what he's accomplished. It is amazing.

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accomplished proud father

It's important to get in the habit of growing as a human being, developing and refining leadership and management skills and entrepreneurial instincts and changing to accommodate the times.

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learning skills important

I was in total shock. I work so close [to home] that I figured I'd return to work and the baby nurse would bring the baby to me, and I'd run home periodically, and I'd make it work. But every two hours? That's a whole other level. I'll have to make a nursery at the office.

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home running baby

The beauty of America is people can do what they like.

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can-do america people

If people think they can elicit from me whatever terms they want, they are mistaken.

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want people thinking