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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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
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Italian style is a natural attitude. It is about a life of good taste. It doesn't have to be expensive. Simple but with good taste. Luxury is possible to buy. Good taste is not.
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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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We might think we can find a buddha or enlightenment somewhere beyond this mind; we might think we can find serenity, clarity, and meaning beyond this mind, but such place does not exist. Everything that appears is this mind, Bodhidharma says.
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China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.
