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" The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful. "

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" Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes. "

" Energy innovation is not a nationalistic game. "

" As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. "

" We all know that there are these exemplars who can take the toughest students, and they'll teach them two-and-a-half years of math in a single year. "

" Measles will always show you if someone isn't doing a good job on vaccinations. Kids will start dying of measles. "

" If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Some very poor countries run great vaccination systems, and some richer ones run terrible programs. "

" The nuclear industry has this amazing record, even equipment from generations one and two. But nuclear mishaps tend to come in these big events - Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and now Fukushima - so it's more visible. "

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

" I think there will be PCs at every price point. "

" In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance... you thrive on that. "

" Unfortunately, the highly curious student is a small percentage of the kids. "

" DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience. "

" It's possible - you can never know - that the universe exists only for me. If so, it's sure going well for me, I must admit. "

" The only thing I understand deeply, because in my teens I was thinking about it, and every year of my life, is software. So I'll never be hands-on on anything except software. "

" 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. "

" You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity. "

" Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading. "

" If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries benefited, but by no means everyone. "

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" The Green Revolution focused on the big three - maize, rice and wheat - and the Green Revolution did not adapt the big three to African conditions, other than South Africa, as much as they should have. "

" 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. "

" If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. "

" There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything - extremely hard. You'll never get perfect blocking. "

" There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively. "

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

" 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.' "