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Bill Gates points out that people working in global health are quiet heroes. He says creativity helps people get things done. He also believes that understanding how school success shapes life can motivate young people to learn more. He also notes that many people now use Windows computers more than they watch TV.

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

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Computers and games don't waste time - people do.

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People everywhere love Windows.

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Most poor people live in the poorest countries.

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People are using Windows PCs more than they watch TV now.

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When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.

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Two years from now, spam will be solved.

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Creativity allows people to be effective.

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Any version of Windows is going to have lots of great new things that people use and things that are tough.

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There won't be anything we won't say to people to try and convince them that our way is the way to go.

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I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer, but I like the way I do it.

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Kenya’s M-Pesa proves that when people are empowered, they will use digital tech to innovate on their own behalf.

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We [Corbis] make it so easy to call up images, whether art or people or beaches or sunsets or Nobel Prize winners.

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I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I'm comfortable in is English.

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The billion people who wake up every day trying to figure out if they have enough food to eat won't be at…

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I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it.

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People in business understand paying money to be more efficient. You can bootstrap markets where the devices are too expensive at first…

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I like my job because it involves learning. I like being around smart people who are trying to figure out new things.…

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The pace of progress in biology creates a foundation that naturally gets picked up by the biotech and pharmaceutical industry to solve…

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Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things…

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People want to watch whatever video they want to watch whenever they want to watch. If you provision your Internet infrastructure adequately,…

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I believe technology will continue to become more affordable and more people will have the chance to use it. This will help…

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The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a…

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When you have a product that has zero sales, it is easy for people to say whatever they want about it and…

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When you develop software, the people who write the software, the developers are the key group but the testers also play an…

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Part of the magic of economic growth is how you educate people, and the leading economies have to stay in front of…

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I have always loved the competitive forces in this business. You know I certainly have meetings where I spur people on by…

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Contrary to popular belief, I don't spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world…

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It's energy intensification, where we essentially have, through our light bulbs and cars, the manpower of [hundreds of] people working on our…

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When you write a piece of software you assume a certain type of hardware. If you assume hardware that's too powerful then…

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People can criticize Microsoft for supporting this TV thing for the past eight years, but it is a long-term bet, There is…

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I have to say that in 1981, making those decisions, I felt like I was providing enough freedom for 10 years. That…

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By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that…

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You know, development sometimes is viewed as a project in which you give people things and nothing much happens, which is perfectly…

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Taking a look back, one big reqret is, I left Harvard with no real awareness of the awful inequities in the world.…

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There were a lot of missteps in the early days, but because we got in early we got to make more mistakes…

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Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen.

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Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company

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The leader needs to create an environment in which people can analyze the situation and develop a good response.

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Well, I don't think there's any need for people to focus on my career.

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Software is more important than hardware.

Talking to mothers, always brings it home because they're so anxious to do everything they can for their kids and so tragic for them.