Bill Gates Quotes
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According to my royalty statements, 'The Green Progression' sold 392 copies in hardcover.
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There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.
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Nothing is really typical of my efforts... I'm simply casting about for better ways to crystallise and capture certain strong impressions (involving the elements of time, the unknown, cause and effect, fear, scenic and architectural beauty, and other seemingly ill-assorted things) which persist in clamouring for expression.
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Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
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All the papers contained nothing but fantastic stories about the war. However, for several months we had been accustomed to war talk. We had so often packed our service trunks that the whole thing had become tedious.
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I am no more humble than my talents require.
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I've never done well when I've been appreciated. I've done best when I'm targeted for death.
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I believe in collaboration and cooperation.
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To my mind, it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives. But it is something you cannot possibly escape: your psychological make-up is such that you are inclined to look back over your shoulder.
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Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.
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unconcerned but not indifferent
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When I went there, I did not think to have done this. But perceiving the spirit of God so strong upon me, I would not consult flesh and blood.
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It's great fun being an academic because you have a certain licence to be a bit of a joker.
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I like multinational companies. They may have 40 to 60 percent of their engines of growth in the United States, but I do like the diversification of being more global.
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Nature moves towards balance.
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My dream is to make everyone love video games.
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I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit.
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Self-suppression is often necessary in the interest of truth and nonviolence.
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Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn't a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.
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I think that there is a tragic misfit at the core of me, and I've just done a lot of work on myself. I love a good self-help book; I've read a ton of them. I love self-help seminars and therapy and all that.
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I took the fear of marriage from my parents' relationship, because I didn't want to end up in a relationship like that, whereas my brothers and sisters learnt a lesson from it and made sure they didn't carry it on into their own marriages.
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Being maniacal about something is very helpful.
