Bill Gates Quotes

Of all the statistics in health, death is the easiest, because you can go out and ask people, "Hey, have you had any children who died, did your siblings have any children who died?" People don't forget that.

Bill Gates

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• If I win the gold medal, I will be set for the rest of my life. The medal itself doesn't give you anything, but it makes you a marketable item. You take it and see what you can do.

  

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• I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.

  

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• Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things.

  

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• I would be a terrible person to be in a relationship with because I'm either sleeping or at the theater.

  

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• In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.

  

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• Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me – if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring.

  

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• Our democracy is not something to be taken for granted. You have to fight for it. You have to commit yourself to working for it - for the long haul.

  

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• I still get scared every time I go out. I get scared taking off; I get scared on the wave, falling, everything. But, you know, growing up with it, I guess you're a little more comfortable.

  

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• I have sold my soul. Just sign right here.

  

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• Those who put themselves in His hands will become perfect, as He is perfect- perfect in love, wisdom, joy, beauty, health, and immortality. The change will not be completed in this life, for death is an important part of the treatment. How far the change will have gone before death in any particular Christian is uncertain.

  

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• No one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.

  

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• Of all the statistics in health, death is the easiest, because you can go out and ask people, "Hey, have you had any children who died, did your siblings have any children who died?" People don't forget that.

  

  Bill Gates
  • Death
  • Health
  • Statistics