Bill Gates Quotes

Well the protester I think is a very powerful thing. It's basically a mechanism of democracy that, along with capitalism, scientific innovation, those things have built the modern world. And it's wonderful that the new tools have empowered that protestor so that state secrets, bad developments are not hidden anymore.

Bill Gates

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• Mechanism
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• The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.

  

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• I was not addicted to stealing in my youth, nor have ever been; yet such was the confidence of the Negroes in the neighborhood, even at this early period of my life, in my superior judgment, that they would often carry me with them when they were going on any roguery, to plan for them.

  

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• I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
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• As to which is cuter, a puppy or a baby, I'm going to say that probably depends less on the particular puppy and more on the baby. I've seen pictures of me as an infant and consider myself lucky that nobody ever offered my parents the opportunity to trade me for a beagle.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
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• Understanding the intentions of a play is so key because you can block a guy into the running back if you don't know how the play is supposed to work or where the back is going to come out.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
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• More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.

  

  Irwin Winkler
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• I have people who say, 'You should dress up like this, or you should dress more modest; you should cover up more.' And then, at the other end of the spectrum, you have, like, 'Why are you still wearing your scarf? You're in America, you know.'

  

  Yuna
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• As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • You
  • Learn
  • Pressure

• From last century's 'The Birth of a Nation' to this century's 'Gods and Generals,' Hollywood has likely done more than any other American institution to obstruct a truthful apprehension of the Civil War and, thus, modern America's very origins.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Done
  • American
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• You might not trust me. Please give me a chance and time. I will prove myself for all of you.

  

  Yingluck Shinawatra
  • Time
  • Myself
  • Trust

• On the molecular scale, you find it's reasonable to have a machine that does a million steps per second, a mechanical system that works at computer speeds.

  

  K. Eric Drexler
  • You
  • Find
  • System

• A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.'

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Apology

• Every gesture is a revolutionary act.

  

  Fernando Pessoa

• One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natural or spontaneous; the important thing is not to strain in any way.

  

  Bruce Lee
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• Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You have to develop an eye for it and be able to see it.

  

  Alan Ball
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• This is not necessarily the answer people want, but ultimately, I think writing is an amoral process. Your ultimate responsibility is to the truth of the story you're trying to tell.

  

  Lynn Coady
  • People
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• There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.

  

  Adrian Edmondson
  • People
  • Good

• The first rule of making progress in anything you do is setting goals, allowing yourself to always have a finish line in sight. This provides a boost in motivation during those moments when slogging forward seems impossible, giving you something tangible to work towards at every moment.

  

  T. Harv Eker
  • Work
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  • Moments

• Man's own form in space - his body - was a private prison; and that it was because of this imprisoning misery - because he was hungry and overworked and went to a horrid place called home late at night in the rain, and his bones ached and his head was heavy.

  

  Willem de Kooning
  • Home
  • Night
  • Rain

• One day, the infielders were having a pretty bad time and were making some bad throws to me at first base. After digging a few out of the dirt, Joe Orengo called over to me, 'Atta boy, John, you look like a big cat.' Some of the writers overheard the remark and asked Joe about it later. The nickname has stuck with me ever since.

  

  Johnny Mize
  • Cat
  • Stuck
  • Nickname

• The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a perceived or even real lack of democracy.

  

  David Korten
  • Real
  • Decision
  • Democracy

• Well the protester I think is a very powerful thing. It's basically a mechanism of democracy that, along with capitalism, scientific innovation, those things have built the modern world. And it's wonderful that the new tools have empowered that protestor so that state secrets, bad developments are not hidden anymore.

  

  Bill Gates
  • Democracy
  • Capitalism
  • Mechanism