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" I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful! "
Bill Gates
Business
I Believe
Investment
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" Should there be cameras everywhere in outdoor streets? My personal view is having cameras in inner cities is a very good thing. In the case of London, petty crime has gone down. They catch terrorists because of it. And if something really bad happens, most of the time you can figure out who did it. "
Bill Gates
View
Time
Good
" If you're low-income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than you do of getting a four-year degree. And that doesn't seem entirely fair. "
Bill Gates
Fair
Jail
Degree
" Even with cameras being very cheap, one thing that researchers noticed was that you look really bad in a videoconference image because the lighting is bad and you get shadows and things. "
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You
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Bad
" Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses - it's progressing. Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set. "
Bill Gates
Time
Skill
End
" One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The approval of the U.S. government, fully elected, is 19 percent. Well, we elected these people and they didn't elect those people. Isn't it supposed to be different? Aren't we supposed to like the people that we elected? "
Bill Gates
Government
Be Different
Me
" The protestor I think will speak up for the world's poorest. "
Bill Gates
Speak
Will
Up
" The microprocessor is a miracle. "
Bill Gates
Miracle
" The Global Fund is a central player in the progress being achieved on HIV, TB and malaria. It channels resources to help countries fight these diseases. I believe in its impact because I have seen it firsthand. "
Bill Gates
Progress
Impact
Fight
" Americans move more than 10 times over the course of a lifetime. "
Bill Gates
More
Course
Lifetime
" As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. "
Bill Gates
Next
Others
Will
" Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy. "
Bill Gates
Really
Energy
Civilization
" K to 12 is partly about babysitting the kids so the parents can do other things. "
Bill Gates
Parents
Babysitting
Things
" In poor countries, we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services. They are the crucial link bringing tools such as vaccines and education to the people who need them most. How well trained are they? Are they showing up to work? "
Bill Gates
Work
Better
Education
" The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow. "
Bill Gates
Square
Tomorrow
Village
" Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true. "
Bill Gates
Truth
Believe
Expectations
" We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well. "
Bill Gates
Capitalism
Well
Way
" I'm not a macroeconomics person. "
Bill Gates
Person
" It's a nice reader, but there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.' "
Bill Gates
Done
Wish
Say
" In low-income countries, the main problems you have is infectious diseases. "
Bill Gates
You
Problems
Infectious
" OK, I have a nickname. My family calls me 'Trey' because I'm William the third. My dad has the same name, which is always confusing because my dad is well known, and I'm also known. "
Bill Gates
Me
Family
Always
" Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all. They look hard at the safety and the testing. And they make sure that the benefits far outweigh any of the downsides. "
Bill Gates
Safety
Time
Today
" It's the poorer people in tropical zones who will get really hit by climate change - as well as some ecosystems, which nobody wants to see disappear. "
Bill Gates
Change
Disappear
Nobody
" Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school. "
Bill Gates
Education
Teacher
Best
" If I hadn't given my money away, I'd have had more than anyone else on the planet. "
Bill Gates
Planet
Away
More
" The bulk of the universities are about teaching kids. "
Bill Gates
About
Universities
Teaching
" There's always been a lot of information about your activities. Every phone number you dial, every credit-card charge you make. It's long since passed that a typical person doesn't leave footprints. "
Bill Gates
Always
Long
Phone
" We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy. "
Bill Gates
Digital
Transition
Strategy
" The ideal thing would be to have a 100 percent effective AIDS vaccine. And to have broad usage of that vaccine. That would literally break the epidemic. "
Bill Gates
AIDS
Vaccine
Percent
" 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. "
Bill Gates
Easy
Questions
Petty
" The Internet is the easiest thing to get into. To be an Internet retailer, you just get that URL. "
Bill Gates
Easiest Thing
Internet
Just