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" When the PC was launched, people knew it was important. "
Bill Gates
PC
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" Capitalism has shortfalls. It doesn't necessarily take care of the poor, and it underfunds innovation, so we have to offset that. "
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" My mom and my dad were both very sociable, meeting lots of interesting people. "
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" By 2018, an estimated 63 percent of all new U.S. jobs will require workers with an education beyond high school. For our young people to get those jobs, they first need to graduate from high school ready to start a postsecondary education. "
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" Who decides what's in Windows? The customers who buy it. "
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" The malaria parasite has been killing children and sapping the strength of whole populations for tens of thousands of years. It is impossible to calculate the harm malaria has done to the world. "
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" Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry. "
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" I read a lot of obscure books and it is nice to open a book. "
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" People don't want lots and lots of single purpose devices. They do not want to have to learn how to set up something for photos, another thing for music, another thing for video. "
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" Flying cars are not a very efficient way to move things from one point to another. "
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" I don't think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing. "
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" Even with cameras being very cheap, one thing that researchers noticed was that you look really bad in a videoconference image because the lighting is bad and you get shadows and things. "
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" We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.' "
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" Considering their impact, you might expect mosquitoes to get more attention than they do. Sharks kill fewer than a dozen people every year, and in the U.S. they get a week dedicated to them on TV every year. "
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" The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream. "
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" DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience. "
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" 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. "
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" Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't clear. "
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" I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don't know. "
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" It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. "
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" Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. "
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" Unfortunately, the highly curious student is a small percentage of the kids. "
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" The Global Fund is a central player in the progress being achieved on HIV, TB and malaria. It channels resources to help countries fight these diseases. I believe in its impact because I have seen it firsthand. "
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" The potential financial reward for building the 'next Windows' is so great that there will never be a shortage of new technologies seeking to challenge it. "
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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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" 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. "
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" In the long run, your human capital is your main base of competition. Your leading indicator of where you're going to be 20 years from now is how well you're doing in your education system. "
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