Bill Gates Quotes
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And I was also in a women's a capella group. And I was in the gospel choir at school. Actually, I've always been in choirs. Or some kind of group. Just because I love singing so much. But I truthfully never thought of it as a career.
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No one reads my books until they're finished because I don't want feedback. It confuses me, and it changes things; if I get too much feedback, I get thrown off my path.
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I always wanted to get into the horror genre. I like scary movies. I want to go to the fan shows and sign posters with my head hanging by a thread like a B-movie actress.
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You have to be physical. If you are not, defensive backs will try to pick on you.
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Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.
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I was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades.
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Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.
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I didn't fight this fight for the blacks, the whites or the Spanish, I fought the fight for the people. We're all God's children. I don't see color. I'm not a racist When I look at Gerry Cooney, I just see a man trying to take my head off.
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A sensible human once said, 'If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the pulpit'; and again, 'She's the sort of woman who lives for others-you can always tell the others by their hunted expression.'
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Can you imagine me coming to this country to blow up a post office? I told them, 'My bombs are my books.'
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Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do.
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I think that overall, the position - on a whole host of issues - should always be toward inclusion and equality.
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When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting lofty?
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When I'm writing songs, my favourite thing to do is to try and rabbit-trail and go places I've never gone to before. Just like exploring a new terrain or a new country or something.
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I just really dig feeling subservient to nature. It brings me a peace and calm. Kind of like a Faustian thing, I think.
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One scientist had discussions about love and compassion. Usually, he felt irritation. After our meeting, for some months, anger never come.
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I prefer short stories, but publishers would, of course, rather that writers produce novels, since novels are still more commercially viable.
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As technology tries to maintain its dizzying ascent, one dead weight has kept its altitude in check: the battery.
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The true facts are not always obvious. They often have to be looked for.
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Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.
