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Life Quotes by Bill Gates

54 Life quotes by Bill Gates

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Bill Gates points out that understanding how school success shapes the future can motivate young people. He acknowledges that life is often unfair but shows how better seeds and farming practices lift millions out of poverty. He also argues that giving huge fortunes to children can distort their lives, while health work saves lives.

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In my 20s, I worked very, very hard. I have a much more balanced life now.

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Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not.

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Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

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Anyone who spends their life on a computer is pretty unusual.

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'I don't know' has become 'I don't know yet'.

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If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

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There's life and death in every email.

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Life is not fair get used to used to it

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

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

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Depending on where you live, cooking, sex and pooping are either 3 of life's pleasures or what kills you

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You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until…

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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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Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

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Life is not a continuous process, there's some sort of finite number of achievements that defines your life.

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When you have money in hand,only you forget who are you .But when you do not have any money in your hand,the…

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I hope someday what people can do with their lives depends on their talents and how hard they are willing to work,…

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I would counsel people to go to college, because it's one of the best times in your life in terms of who…

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During the past two centuries, innovation has more than doubled our life span and given us cheap energy and more food. If…

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Melinda [Gates] has been my partner in raising the kids and I went from before I met her, intentionally having an unbalanced…

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When you have money in hand , only you forget who are you .But when you do not have any money in…

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If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of…

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I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting…

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Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the…

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With world health, every life you save is a wonderful thing, so it's not this question of whether you solve it or…

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We can make market forces work better for the poor if we can develop a more creative capitalism-if we can stretch the…

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Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning…

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I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting…

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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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Our modern lifestyle is not a political creation. Before 1700, everybody was poor as hell. Life was short and brutish. It wasn't…

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When I was trying to figure out why lives have improved so much in the last 300 years, where we've gone from…

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Life is a lot more fun if you treat its challenges in creative ways.

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When you have in money in hand, only you forget who are you. But when you do not have any money in…

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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,…

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The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

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Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

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The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways are available; thanks…

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According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.

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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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Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

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I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the…

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

We're focused on providing innovations in software, driving the continuous improvement for a much better experience, and there's a lot going on here that…

Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting…

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.