"Humanitys greatest advances are not in its discoveries,……" — Bill Gates
"Humanitys greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity, reducing inequity is the highest human achievement."
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621 Quotes by Bill Gates
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Two years from now, spam will be solved.
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It is hard to smash a computer when you're laughing.
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Robots will play an important role in providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly.
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If something is expensive to develop, and somebody's not going to get paid, it won't get developed. So you decide:…
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Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I…
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Microsoft has had its success by doing low-cost products and constantly improving those products and we've really redefined the IT…
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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…
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The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other…
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The Internet? We are not interested in it
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Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth…
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We had planned to integrate a Web browser with our operating system as far back as 1993( filing its first…
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(In response to Java) Anybody who thinks a little 9,000-line program that's distributed free and can be cloned by anyone…
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go…
— Neil Armstrong
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
— Marcus Aurelius
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
— Irving Babbitt
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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
— Christian Bale
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Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how…
— Albert Bandura
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
— Samuel Adams
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow
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You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
— Irving Berlin
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