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" Bitcoin is mostly about anonymous transactions, and I don't think over time that's a good way to go. I'm a huge believe in digital currency... but doing it on an anonymous basis I think that leads to some abuses, so I'm not involved in Bitcoin. "

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" Should surveillance be usable for petty crimes like jaywalking or minor drug possession? Or is there a higher threshold for certain information? Those aren't easy questions. "

" Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy. "

" In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone. "

" Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education. "

" Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules - not just for governments but for private companies. "

" In almost every area of human endeavor, the practice improves over time. That hasn't been the case for teaching. "

" When you revolutionize education, you're taking the very mechanism of how people be smarter and do new things, and you're priming the pump for so many incredible things. "

" The truth of Moore's law has made remarkable things possible. On the software side, I think natural user interfaces in all their forms are equally significant. "

" What's amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It's so far away in time that they can't appreciate what it means for their whole life. "

" China is certainly an important player in the global economy, and a widespread AIDS epidemic would threaten that growth. "

" Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting. "

" Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. "

" Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting and want to jot things down, I bring my Tablet PC. It's fully synchronized with my office machine, so I have all the files I need. It also has a note-taking piece of software called OneNote, so all my notes are in digital form. "

" We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve. "

" Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing. "

" Apple has always leveraged technologies that the PC industry has driven to critical mass - the bus structures, the graphics cards, the peripherals, the connection networks, things like that - so they're kind of in the PC ecosystem and kind of not. "

" China has many successful entrepreneurs and business people. I hope that more people of insight will put their talents to work to improve the lives of poor people in China and around the world, and seek solutions for them. "

" The only definition by which America's best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis. "

" You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it's really let us down. "

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" I'm going to retain a lot of Microsoft's stock. "

" Driving up the value of the advertising is a big commitment for Microsoft. "

" The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a percentage, is at all-time low. "

" There's 20 companies that I have investments in - some batteries, some solar-thermal, one big nuclear thing. We need hundreds and hundreds of companies like that, so that in a 20-year time frame we really are starting to change the energy infrastructure. "

" The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice. "

" I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of a religious belief. I mean, it's at least a moral belief. "

" It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. "

" 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. "

" I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer, but I like the way I do it. "