Bill Gates Quotes
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
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Your papers are marked when you go to school, but you can't mark the character.
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Economically, ISIS is making money every day on the black market with their oil fields. But they are also putting money in banks. We know where those banks are. We should go after the banks and the facilitators using them.
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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The truth is that for a Democrat to triumph in a presidential election, it needs to come on the heels of 'the dark times' of an unpopular Republican administration. Carter followed the Nixon era, Clinton succeeded after 12 years of Reagan/Bush, and Obama was a direct result of eight years of Bush/Cheney.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
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But the working I would always want to do.
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I played cello in my high school orchestra.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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What's so wonderful about football and business and show business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass.
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My mom wasn't so much such a great cook. But I don't know, I think I have a very strong mother, and it's funny, because both of my sisters - I have two sisters, and I'm the baby, but they all work hard. I'm not sure where I get it from, and I'm not sure where they get it from, but they must get it from somewhere... I like to work.
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We definitely “grow” demos. In the beginning, we have a rough idea, and it usually is a work in progress for a few months. We usually have a couple going at the same time. When a song gets “there”, we will then zero in on it, and focus and finish it.
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I would sacrifice peace in order to win sovereignty for Bosnia, but for that peace in Bosnia, I would not sacrifice sovereignty.
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If you can learn to endure pain, you can survive anything. Some people learn to embrace it- to love it. Some endure it through drowning it in sorrow, or by making themselves forget. Others turn it into anger.
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Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
