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" I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software. "

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" Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation. "

" The nuclear approach I'm involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There's a lot of things that have to go right for that dream to come true - many decades of building demo plants, proving the economics are right. But if it does, you could have cheaper energy with no CO2 emissions. "

" Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable. "

" In almost every job now, people use software and work with information to enable their organisation to operate more effectively. "

" 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. "

" The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. "

" If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG. "

" I don't like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it. "

" Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable. "

" Whenever you have multiple devices including multiple PCs that you want to share information with, it's always been a bit complicated. "

" My wife thinks she's better than me at puzzles. I haven't given in on that one yet. "

" I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the Internet, playing video games, is starting to cut into the rather unbelievable amount of time people spend watching TV. "

" The fight against AIDS in China is already well underway. The Chinese government and other funders are providing major support, and they'll continue to bear primary responsibility for delivering prevention and treatment. "

" You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument, and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well. "

" 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. "

" Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. "

" The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive. "

" I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software. "

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

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

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" Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. "

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" Any version of Windows is going to have lots of great new things that people use and things that are tough. "

" Teaching's hard! You need different skills: positive reinforcement, keeping students from getting bored, commanding their attention in a certain way. "