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" U.K. companies are in very international and very competitive markets. If you look at PC penetration in the U.K., it is very similar to the United States market. "

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" 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.' "

Bill Gates

College

End

America

" A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code. "

" Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not. "

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

" Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do. "

" 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. "

" The thing about HD-DVD that is attractive to Microsoft is that it's very pro-consumer in letting you copy all movies up onto the hard disk. "

" Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. "

Bill Gates

Beyond

Utility

" The common thread for everything I do is this idea of a Web-services architecture. What does that mean? It means taking components of software and systems and having them be self-describing, so that you can aim them, ask them what their capabilities are, and communicate with them using a standard protocol. "

" Internet TV and the move to the digital approach is quite revolutionary. TV has historically has been a broadcast medium with everybody picking from a very finite number of channels. "

" It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. "

" Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone. "

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

" Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy. "

" Globalization has made copper and other minerals more valuable, and Ghana and Kenya have recently discovered mineral resources. "

Bill Gates

Globalization

Resources

" I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts. "

" Google's done a super good job on search; Apple's done a great job on the IPod. "

Bill Gates

Apple

Job

" Personally, I'd like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems. "

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See

Problems

" Most poor people live in the poorest countries. "

" Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable. "

" With Windows 8, Microsoft is trying to gain market share in what has been dominated by the iPad-type device. But a lot of those users are frustrated. They can't type. They can't create documents. "

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

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

" Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things that get done there. "

" 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. "

Bill Gates

Industrial Revolution

You

Revolution

" If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG. "

Bill Gates

Car

Technology

" Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing. "

" Our teachers deserve better feedback. "

" Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and they get the information, but then when it comes time to type in their credit card they think twice because they're not sure about how that might get out and what that might mean for them. "

" Eventually, all companies are replaced. "