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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. "

Bill Gates

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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. "

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

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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. "

" The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits. "

" I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen to have expensive hobbies. "

" Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you're glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things. "

" I think any statement about stock prices is always suspect unless it's made by Warren Buffett. "

" Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting. "

" If you're low-income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than you do of getting a four-year degree. And that doesn't seem entirely fair. "

" 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. "

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

" This whole phenomenon of the computer in a library is an amazing thing. "

" When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it. "

" This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50. "

" Harnessing steam power required many innovations, as William Rosen chronicles in the book 'The Most Powerful Idea in the World.' "

" Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school. "

" When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that. "

" The PC has improved the world in just about every area you can think of. Amazing developments in communications, collaboration and efficiencies. New kinds of entertainment and social media. Access to information and the ability to give a voice people who would never have been heard. "

" Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it. "

" When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen. "