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" 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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" Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero. "

" In order to deal with all the medical cost demands and other challenges in the U.S., as we look to raise that revenue, the rich will have to pay slightly more. That's quite clear. "

" Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable. "

" The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that's expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other types of land, or taking advantage of byproducts that aren't used in the food chain today, or by intercropping. "

" In the old generation, if one kid bought a PlayStation 2 and the other kid bought an Xbox, at his house you played PlayStation, at your house you played Xbox. Now that it's online, all those early buyers who... you want to play with, they've got their reputation online of who they are and how good they are at these games. "

" Philanthropy should be voluntary. "

" Music, even with these dial-up connections you have to the Internet, is very practical to download. "

" Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy. "

" Well-spent aid money is saving lives for a few thousand dollars per life saved. "

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

" Now everyone takes it for granted that you can look up movie reviews, track locations, and order stuff online. I wish there was a way we could take it away from people for a day so they could remember what it was like without it. "

" For Africa to move forward, you've really got to get rid of malaria. "

" To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination, and the Macintosh, of all the machines I've ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard. "

" I would counsel people to go to college, because it's one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills. "

" 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. "

" Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness. "

" Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry. "

" I don't think there's a... boundary between digital media and print media. Every magazine is doing an online version. "

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

" China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%. "

" I understand how every healthy child, every new road, puts a country on a better path, but instability and war will arise from time to time, and I'm not an expert on how you get out of those things. "

" When I was in my 40s, Microsoft was my primary activity. "

" Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things. "

" It's easier to add things on to a PC than it's ever been before. It's one click, and boom, it comes down. "

" 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. "

" The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era. "

" At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right. "

" People should just buy a CD and rip it. You are legal then. "

" You can't have a rigid view that all new taxes are evil. "

" In low-income countries, the main problems you have is infectious diseases. "