Bill Gates Quotes
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The 'Billionaire' song is what my kids tease me with. They sing it to me. It's funny.
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I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen to have expensive hobbies.
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Any version of Windows is going to have lots of great new things that people use and things that are tough.
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A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code.
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The next time someone tells you we can trim the budget by cutting aid, I hope you will ask whether it will come at the cost of more people dying.
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I think that our progress on key diseases over the next several decades is going to be pretty amazing and so I am very interested in that.
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I didn't used to wear a watch. Now I have a SPOT watch, which I wear all the time.
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If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
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I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids.
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I don't like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.
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I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.
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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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Virtually every company will be going out and empowering their workers with a certain set of tools, and the big difference in how much value is received from that will be how much the company steps back and really thinks through their business processes, thinking through how their business can change, how their project management, their customer feedback, their planning cycles can be quite different than they ever were before.
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Netscape was able to get the government working on its behalf.
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Depending on where you live, cooking, sex and pooping are either 3 of life's pleasures or what kills you...
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When I was in my 40s, Microsoft was my primary activity.
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I believe that every life is valuable. That we can make things better. That innovation is the key to a bright future. That we're just getting started.
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I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which is hard to imagine, is best not passed on to one's children. It's not constructive for them.
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Smart is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful question. To relate to domains that may not seem connected at first. A certain creativity that allows people to be effective.
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The death of a child is an incredible tragedy all over the world. Back in 1990, about 12 percent of children were dying before they reached the age of 5.
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If you want to improve the situation of the poorest two billion on the planet, having the price of energy go down substantially would be the best thing you could do for them.
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Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.
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Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.
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I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it.