Bill Gates Quotes
Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put three man-years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product, and distributing it for free?
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.
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I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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I am ready to fight according to the rules, and I ask for the opportunity to prove myself.
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Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets.
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When I started out playing small clubs, you could feel the room recoil from certain kinds of songs. Anything that was too personal, that had a sentiment to it, or was laying out your feelings, was immediately booed. People would start throwing things. And anything that was really provocative or humorous or radical was embraced or cheered.
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Some ticket buyers think they don't like Jews.
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People have more fun if they don't eat so much they have to be taken home in an ambulance.
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In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art.
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I tolerate my faults but not at all other people's.
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My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was 14.
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Today I'm committed to take care of your families like I've taken care of mine. I want to make Mexico the best country to live in.
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Executives will talk about the importance of passion, but what they really mean is finding somebody who will work nights and weekends on their assigned task but predictably and reliably follow orders and just work harder.
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Anything that is non-violent is OK with me.
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I did spend a year in high school being obsessed with Fleetwood Mac.
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I do think that even with entertainment and telling stories, people in the entertainment industry have such a beautiful position in the world to speak about things that they're passionate about in a way that can grab people more than just sitting and telling someone about something, because you can show it visually.
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Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put three man-years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product, and distributing it for free?
