Bill Gates Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
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Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
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When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.
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We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.
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It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
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One of the most important things you can do in your life is to learn to pull back the curtain of fear so you can see it for what it really is - the enemy blowing a lot of smoke and pushing your buttons.
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It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.
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From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what extent of the crowd a song can reach. I write in a way that can reach most of the audience, but I also wanted to have truly intimate moments as well, many intimate moments, more so than the big moments.
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Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn.
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But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent.
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Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience.
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I want to be a better writer. I want to learn and grow, to know how to tell stories in a different and more challenging way. I've learned it doesn't get easier each time. It actually gets harder.
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My dad got me hooked on the news. That was a good thing.
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Accidents at power plants are bad enough. But a leak from a bioreactor could be worse, since bacteria can learn new tricks when you're not looking.
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Someone – a man – advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers.
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It's really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harshly critical of my own work in order to learn and tell better stories.
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I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.
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A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
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I understand how bureaucracies work. And that's important because our government has become a vast, huge, bloated, corrupt bureaucracy.
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The shift to a cleaner energy economy wont happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact.
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Features alone do not run in the blood; vices and virtues, genius and folly, are transmitted through the same sure but unseen channel.
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You learn nothing about men by snubbing them and crushing their pride. You must ask them what it is they can do in this world, that they alone can do.
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Guys understand a waistline. They understand a silhouette.
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Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement.
