Bill Gates Quotes
On the supply side, for innovation, you'd say, go look at those R&D budgets, and they haven't moved in the last 20 years. In the case of the US - which is the majority of R&D funding across every category you can name: health, energy, whatever - it's been about $5 billion a year from the Department of Energy.
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Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do.
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I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.
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Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But it's 15 years from now.
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I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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I don't hide my being Israeli. I say it in every interview. I put out a record with songs in Hebrew. The people who signed me have no connection to Judaism or Israel.
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There is so much to be gained from investing more time in what we eat. Buying fresh ingredients means knowing where your food comes from and what's in it.
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The irony is that, coming from a white-collar British background, I tend to play blue-collar Americans!
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I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.
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Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply.
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You just don't understand humility until you have children and get divorced.
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Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
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But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
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The key that unlocks energy is desire. It's also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited.
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When I was a teenager, I did one animated series back when I was on 'General Hospital.' It was 1971 or '72. Then I didn't do animation until 'Batman.'
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You are not going to be perfect every day. It's about turning up the next day and doing it again.
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On the supply side, for innovation, you'd say, go look at those R&D budgets, and they haven't moved in the last 20 years. In the case of the US - which is the majority of R&D funding across every category you can name: health, energy, whatever - it's been about $5 billion a year from the Department of Energy.
