Bill Gates Quotes
China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.
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Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people whether they work or not. Nor is money as great a reinforcer as it once was. People no longer work for punitive reasons, yet our culture offers no new satisfactions.
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I organize my denim, leather, and dresses by color, although my jeans are pretty much just black and gray.
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I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments.
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I sang in church, but growing up in the neighborhood, music was more of an expression of relief or entertainment.
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I want to challenge the best, and I'm ready.
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A system must be managed. It will not manage itself. Left to themselves in the Western world, components become selfish, competitive, independent profit centres, and thus destroy the system. . . . The secret is cooperation between components toward the aim of the organization. We can not afford the destructive effect of competition.
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I feel powerless all the time, but I regain my energy by making a very small difference that won’t cost me much.
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As an eminent pioneer in the realm of high frequency currents... I congratulate you on the great successes of your life's work.
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I can't resist South Indian cuisine, particularly what is prepared at home. My mom is my favourite cook. She can cook a variety of cuisines. I savour her cooking at home, and she's undoubtedly the best.
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People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.
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I'm not completely vegan - my diet's probably about 80 percent plant based, but I do eat some meat. I try to know where everything comes from, though. And all bets are off if my husband and I go to a really great restaurant.
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During war time, when people were injured, I was really frustrated I did not become a doctor. It's painful not being able to save people, witnessing their pain.
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There are few forces for good as extensive and important as the United Nations. Being able to work with them and other global aid organisations for World Humanitarian Day is a humbling and extraordinary opportunity.
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Whether you're looking at manufacturing and the use of robotics or the knowledge industries, they need computer programmers.
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Capitalism is in crisis.
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I'm always looking for silhouettes that seem 'invisible' to the eye, as in that it's so well-tailored to your body that you won't even notice what you're wearing. It needs to be dramatic in a subtle way.
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Essex is an amazing county, with its own set of rules. It's a completely different world.
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The myriad of serious health risks resulting from poor diet include high cholesterol, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and even sleep apnea.
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I try to have each book be an antidote to the one before.
Colson Whitehead -
A writer often wants to change a reader’s perception about the world, which is a political act. But we have to work through character, so helping the reader to feel close to fictional characters is the gate through which we have to usher the reader.
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As a writer, you're always trying to say the best thing. You're always thinking about what's the best thing to say, and what's the hardest way to say it, and what's the best line? Sometimes the best line is the simplest line. Sometimes the best line is the line that evokes more feeling than actual wordsmithing.
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What is needed to attain happiness is not a comfortable life, but a heart in love, such as Christ's.
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Before capitalist relations could come to dominate industrial production, a set of related changes was required to guarantee the new order. The state had to be transformed from a tributary structure to a structure of support for capitalist enterprise.
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China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.
