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" Rich countries can afford to overpay for things. "

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" Legacy is a stupid thing! I don't want a legacy. "

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" The AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about. "

" Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way industry works. "

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" Energy innovation is not a nationalistic game. "

" Globalization has made copper and other minerals more valuable, and Ghana and Kenya have recently discovered mineral resources. "

" I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do? "

" The idea that you encourage companies to take their innovative thinkers and think about the most needy - even beyond the market opportunities - that's something that appropriately ought to be done. "

" Playing bridge is a pretty old fashioned thing in a way that I really like. "

" Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome. "

" By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down. "

" Countries which receive aid do graduate. Within a generation, Korea went from being a big recipient to being a big aid donor. China used to get quite a bit of aid; now it's aid-neutral. "

" People everywhere love Windows. "

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" Being able to see an activity log of where a kid has been going on the Internet is a good thing. "

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" What destroys more self-confidence than any other educational thing in America is being assigned to some remedial math when you get into some college, and then it's not taught very well and you end up with this sense of, 'Hey, I can't really figure those things out.' "

" According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life. "