Bill Gates Quotes
Philanthropy, although it's tiny compared to the government, it's 2% of the US economy, which is the largest percentage, other than the Middle East.
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I think I've gotten more confident because the more you do it and the more shows you play, you just feel more confident. You feel more confident about everything.
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I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.
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A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.
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I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.
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I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.
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Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage.
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No Hindu community, however low, will touch cow's flesh. On the other hand, there is no community which is really an Untouchable community which has not something to do with the dead cow. Some eat her flesh, some remove the skin, some manufacture articles out of her skin and bones.
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I loved Interpol when they came out, but I never wanted to be in Interpol.
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You do have to overcome the child's thinking that this new woman, who is not their mother, is going to be in their lives.
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Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
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Great men always pay deference to greater.
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Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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I once had someone say to me in an interview, 'You are more ugly on the screen than in real life.'
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As a teenager, I preferred the company of boys to girls, focusing always on the most indifferent male and flirting with him until he became my slave.
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That's the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life it.
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...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.
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Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that which is known and feared; the worst government is hated.
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Philanthropy, although it's tiny compared to the government, it's 2% of the US economy, which is the largest percentage, other than the Middle East.
