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" The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive. "
Bill Gates
People
Support
Impressive
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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. "
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" If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was 'satisfactory,' I would have no hope of ever getting better. How would I know who was the best? How would I know what I was doing differently? "
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Me
" Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down. "
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Care
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" Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. "
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" Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well. "
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End
Luck
People
" Employers have decided that having the breadth of knowledge that's associated with a four-year degree is often something they want to see in the people they give that job to. "
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People
See
" People are using Windows PCs more than they watch TV now. "
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Now
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Want
You
Choices
" Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs. "
Bill Gates
Sit
People
Innovation
" Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future. "
Bill Gates
Food
Security
Environment
" Well-spent aid money is saving lives for a few thousand dollars per life saved. "
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Well-Spent
Life
Money
" There's 20 companies that I have investments in - some batteries, some solar-thermal, one big nuclear thing. We need hundreds and hundreds of companies like that, so that in a 20-year time frame we really are starting to change the energy infrastructure. "
Bill Gates
Frame
Change
Time
" I'm an investor in a number of biotech companies, partly because of my incredible enthusiasm for the great innovations they will bring. "
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Great
Number
Bring
" 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. "
Bill Gates
American
Over
Teach
" In 80% of the world, energy will be bought where it is economic. You have to help the rest of the world get energy at a reasonable price. "
Bill Gates
Price
You
World
" Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics. "
Bill Gates
Always
You
Want
" Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over. "
Bill Gates
Time
Reading
Digital
" For Africa to move forward, you've really got to get rid of malaria. "
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Africa
You
" Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education. "
Bill Gates
Education
Unemployment
College
" Security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit; your machine can be taken over totally. "
Bill Gates
Over
Day
Machine
" There's always been a lot of information about your activities. Every phone number you dial, every credit-card charge you make. It's long since passed that a typical person doesn't leave footprints. "
Bill Gates
Always
Long
Phone
" The microprocessor is a miracle. "
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Miracle
" My son likes to go see mines and electric plants, or the Large Hadron Collider, and we've had a chance to see a lot of interesting stuff. "
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Son
Chance
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" When Ford sells a car, a dealer isn't allowed to take out the engine and put a different one in. When a newsstand sells the Washington Post, no one can go to the newsstand and pay them to rip out the classified section and put their own classified section in - if they could, they would do so. "
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Own
Go
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" Well, I don't think there's any need for people to focus on my career. "
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Well
Career
Focus
" I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth. "
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Voice
Some
Depth
" I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I'm comfortable in is English. "
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Know
Five
Language
" Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting and want to jot things down, I bring my Tablet PC. It's fully synchronized with my office machine, so I have all the files I need. It also has a note-taking piece of software called OneNote, so all my notes are in digital form. "
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News
Need
Down
" You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it's really let us down. "
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Us
World
You