Bill Gates Quotes
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We were young, but we had good advice and good ideas and lots of enthusiasm.
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By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient. You might think that such striking progress would be widely celebrated, but in fact, Melinda and I are struck by how many people think the world is getting worse. The belief that the world can’t solve extreme poverty and disease isn’t just mistaken. It is harmful. That’s why in this year’s letter we take apart some of the myths that slow down the work. The next time you hear these myths, we hope you will do the same.
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The vision is that people should have the ultimate in convenience. Being able to get the things they care about on the appropriate device.
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At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.
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If I hadn't given my money away, I'd have had more than anyone else on the planet.
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When you have a product that has zero sales, it is easy for people to say whatever they want about it and almost fantasize about it.
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The AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about.
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If you take from the most wealthy and give to the least wealthy, it's good. It tries to balance out.
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To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.
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There won't be anything we won't say to people to try and convince them that our way is the way to go.
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Our work in global health is about things like cutting childhood deaths, and every year we continue to make progress there.
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How we deal with the AIDS epidemic should be one of the greatest ways that the world gets measured. The report card for this era.
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Depending on how quickly you get ocean rise, you have people who live in river deltas at risk.
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There's life and death in every email.
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Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.
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If you're smart, you often want a feedback loop so you know if what you've done is... is right.
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A fundamental new rule for business is that the Internet changes everything.
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Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't clear.
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Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.
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My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.
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Today, you always know whether you are on the Internet or on your PC's hard drive. Tomorrow, you will not care and may not even know.
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The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.
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We need to start thinking about the future of food if we are going to feed 9 billion people in a way that does not destroy our environment.
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You can be a business thinker.