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A SPOT watch on his wrist shows how even tech leaders adopt new gadgets. He talks about giving workers more information so they can do more than before, and he stresses that picking one clear problem to focus on can change the world. He also notes that school success makes life more interesting and that married life can feel simpler.

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

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The future of advertising is the Internet.

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We'll have infinite bandwidth in a decade's time.

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Your time is a valuable resource.

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Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time.

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I spend a lot of time reading.

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WWW? Nice toy, but what a waste of time.

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Windows 8 is key to the future, the Surface computer.

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We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.

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The present and future of knowledge attainment and essential business skills.

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I believe that every life is valuable. That we can make things better. That innovation is the key to a bright future.

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So we do software for watches, for phones, for TV sets, for cars. And some of these take a long time to…

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I didn't used to wear a watch. Now I have a SPOT watch, which I wear all the time.

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Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It's a good thing we have museums to document that.

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Married life is a simpler life. Who I spend my time with is established in advance.

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In almost every area of human endeavor, the practice improves over time. That hasn't been the case for teaching.

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The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: 'Does your teacher use class time well?' and,…

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I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a…

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Even for the diseases we don't focus on, cancer, heart disease, you're going to be way better off being sick 10 years…

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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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Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses - it's progressing. Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly…

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By helping us to be more productive, technology lets us to spend less time focusing on survival, and more on solving other…

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If I think something's a waste of time or inappropriate I don't wait to point it out. I say it right away.…

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I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time. As the successor to…

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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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In fact, batteries haven't improved over the last 100 years as much as they would need to in order to make that…

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I try to make time for reading each night. In addition to the usual newspapers and magazines, I make it a priority…

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Having kids has been a fantastic thing for me. It's meant that I'm a little more balanced. In my twenties I worked…

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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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There's 20 companies that I have investments in - some batteries, some solar-thermal, one big nuclear thing. We need hundreds and hundreds…

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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…

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I think philanthropy is also growing and catching on. Figuring out how the philanthropy sector, which is quite small compared to the…

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I hope corporations will dedicate a percentage of their top innovators' time to issues that could help people left out of the…

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I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time.

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If I had a dollar for every time someone made fun of me in high school-oh wait, I do!

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The future of Windows is to let the computer see, listen and even learn.

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Software is the magic thing whose importance only goes up over time.

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In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation's future.

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Americans move more than 10 times over the course of a lifetime.

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We're at the point now where the challenge isn't how to communicate effectively with e-mail; it's ensuring that you spend your time…

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Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

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Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering.

Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great.

The machines need to get faster. They need to get cheaper.

Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate…

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.…

Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive.

I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a…

At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been key to…

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.