Bill Gates Quotes
I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” I want to thank Harvard for this timely honor. I’ll be changing my job next year … and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume.
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Be it a village or a city, education is very important, and it always comes into you.
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Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
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My family and friends treat me as they always have.
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I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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Wealth is the ultimate panacea to poverty.
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Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance.
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Jeff Bezos was one of those best and brightest who came to N.Y. to work in finance. He didn't need to know anything about retail bookselling to start Amazon.
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I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” I want to thank Harvard for this timely honor. I’ll be changing my job next year … and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume.
