Bill Gates Quotes
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Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.
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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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Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
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That it's a worldwide thing that families are better off.
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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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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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The 'Billionaire' song is what my kids tease me with. They sing it to me. It's funny.
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There was a magical breakthrough when the computer became cheap and we could see that everyone could afford a computer.
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It's the knowledge derived from information that gives you a competitive edge.
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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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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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To succeed, you also have to know how to make choices and how to think more broadly.
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I read a lot of obscure books and it is nice to open a book.
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Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.
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I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.
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When I was in my 40s, Microsoft was my primary activity.
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Think of business as a good game. Lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money.
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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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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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I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved.
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There certainly is a case to be made that taxes should be more progressive.
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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.
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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.