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" I don't have a magic formula for prioritizing the world's problems. "
Bill Gates
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" 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. "
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" There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively. "
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" Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them. "
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" There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft. "
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" Microsoft Research has a thing called the Sense Cam that, as you walk around, it's taking photos all the time. And the software will filter and find the ones that are interesting without having to think, 'Let's get out the camera and get that shot.' You just have that, and software helps you pick what you want. "
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" Internet TV and the move to the digital approach is quite revolutionary. TV has historically has been a broadcast medium with everybody picking from a very finite number of channels. "
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" I think any statement about stock prices is always suspect unless it's made by Warren Buffett. "
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" Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things. "
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" Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they're rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things. "
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" Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not. "
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" Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid. "
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" I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user. "
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" I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it. "
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" In American math classes, we teach a lot of concepts poorly over many years. In the Asian systems they teach you very few concepts very well over a few years. "
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" Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up. "
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" Outlook 2003 did create the idea of search folders and the whole Longhorn philosophy. You can see it at work in search folders, where instead of having to drop things into individual folders, and things exist only in one folder, you create these search folders and you have the criteria for the search folder. "
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