Bill Gates Quotes
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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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Having kids has been a fantastic thing for me. It's meant that I'm a little more balanced. In my twenties I worked massively, hardly took vacation at all. Now, I, with the help of my wife, I'm always making sure I've got a good balance of how I spend my time.
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In some ways, if you make mistakes with your own money, you don't feel as bad about it as if it was someone else's.
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Our leadership in Microsoft has that - "hey, we are the best in certain ways," and so we get the best people. That any kind of positive dynamic is quite good, so I love what's going on there, it's fun.
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There is competition, .. Can any Microsoft endure future competition without innovation? The answer is no. We've got to keep changing.
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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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The only big companies that succeed will be those that obsolete their own products before somebody else does.
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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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Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.
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My job is about the most fun thing I do, but I have a broad set of interests, going places, reading things, doing things.
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I reboot my Windows PC every night.
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There certainly is a case to be made that taxes should be more progressive.
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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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It's the knowledge derived from information that gives you a competitive edge.
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I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.
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I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved.
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The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when you want to use it.
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I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.
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How much further beyond basic research the role of the government should be, you could have a really good debate about it. Almost nobody would say it's zero. But that's where at least we need the private sector to play a big role.
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Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.
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To succeed, you also have to know how to make choices and how to think more broadly.
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Your customers get better when you do.
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Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.
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Perhaps I should be flattered that somebody imagines the name is worth so much, especially since my parents gave me the same name 42 years ago for free.