Bill Gates Quotes
In K-12, almost everybody goes to local schools. Universities are a bit different because kids actually do pick the university. The bizarre thing, though, is that the merit of university is actually how good the students going in are: the SAT scores of the kids going in.
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I think a lot of people have the idea that all I do is dunk and all I do is make layups.
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It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.
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There is always a time to move on.
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You know, I'm really not interested in someone telling me that something's good or bad.
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In K-12, almost everybody goes to local schools. Universities are a bit different because kids actually do pick the university. The bizarre thing, though, is that the merit of university is actually how good the students going in are: the SAT scores of the kids going in.
