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He said that when you want to change things, you can't please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren't making enough progress. Mark was right.

He said that when you want to change things, you can't please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren't making enough progress. Mark was right.

Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern

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Sheryl Sandberg
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Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1969; activity date not established; Wikidata Q234653, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234653 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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