Bill Gates Quotes
People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.
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Improving oversight of hedge funds and other private funds is vital to their sustainability and to our economy's stability.
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Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.
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I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'
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People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemingly simple word. 'Choice.'
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Education must be the only sector that hasn't already been completely revolutionized by technology.
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All the instruments of percussion known to European science are essentially nonmusical and can only be tolerated in open air music or in large orchestras where a little noise more or less makes no difference.
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As a child, I used 'gay' as a bad word, as in, 'That's so gay.' All my friends did.
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If my subject is alive and is willing to talk to me, I will do it. But I always try to find people who were close, like lovers and family members and work colleagues - because we are what we think we are, but we're also the perception that others have of us. The truth is a sphere. There's always a hidden face.
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Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
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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 have three dads: my biological father, God and Bob Dylan.
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'Hello Rabbit, is that you?''Let's pretend it isn't', said Rabbit, 'and see what happens.'
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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We don’t forgive being as we are.
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There are basic lines of human decency, norms to which society generally agrees and to which we adhere, and we continue to see the Trump presidency eroding these lines.
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I did a movie called 'The Hole' with this kid Nathan Gamble, so when I'm old and wrinkly, he could play me. He's awesome.
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An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me... And you know, people like happy endings.
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It is my wish to leave a message to the whole world from the universe, a message of love and peace to the people of the world.
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I've never been to the websites. It's a lot healthier for me to keep out of the conversations about me.
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People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.
