Bill Gates Quotes
Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have the confidence of their convictions and they know their skills. And that occupies most of my time.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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I am the last guy that wants to quit making music.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.
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My first priority is trying to protect my family.
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You can't take good health for granted.
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I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.
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The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.
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'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim.
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I always love China, especially the old China.
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I'm a Midwestern girl, born and bred. It's harder for some of us to write about things closer to home. It's not so much a fear of telling the truth but wanting to do it justice.
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My parents both played golf and introduced me to golf when I was 5 years old. They took me to the driving range and I played around at the range and immediately developed an interest in it.
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I was on 'The O.C.' and had a small part, which wasn't very challenging. I was a bit bored, so I started shadowing directors and they finally gave me a shot. From there, it led to directing other television shows. I am trying to direct a feature film, so we'll see what happens.
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Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity.
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I think it's important to have a dream and to follow your heart.
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I retweet Amnesty International tweets a lot. It isn't just, 'This person is incarcerated unjustly.' It's also, 'This person was just released.' Those are the victories we work toward, so if we don't inform people of the victories, it does become doom and gloom.
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I hate SF books that think all you need to make a book is cool technology and mind-bending ideas without a decent plot or characters. And I hate when fantasy books are allowed to ramble off into five hundred page diatribes which don't advance the story one bit.
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I want to host a religious show. I'm sure nobody will be wanting the 11 o'clock spot on Sunday morning. I think we should really get some of our own preachers and preach that gay is good. And we'd have a great choir.
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Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have the confidence of their convictions and they know their skills. And that occupies most of my time.
