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" 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. "

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" A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society. "

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" We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction. "

" The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld. "

" Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace. "

" Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other. "

" There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil. "

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

" With tech companies, whoever's the leader is always questioned, you know. They say, 'Is this the end of them?' And - there's more - more times people think that's the case than it really is the case. "

" 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! "

" The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work, they realized that, at least in the tropical areas, they did not have the tools to get it done. "

" I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.' "

" In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's safer, doesn't require us to go around the world to get all our oil. "

" 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? "

" Most poor people live in the poorest countries. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't clear. "

" 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. "

" When the PC was launched, people knew it was important. "

Bill Gates

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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. "

" We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well. "

" The 'Billionaire' song is what my kids tease me with. They sing it to me. It's funny. "

" 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. "

Bill Gates

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" SPAM is taking e-mail, which is a wonderful tool, and exploiting the idea that it's very inexpensive to send mail. "

" Skype actually does get a fair bit of revenue. "

" Well, no one gives aid to Zimbabwe through the Mugabe government. "

" Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority. "

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

" 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. "

" It's a nice reader, but there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.' "