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When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Almost Controversial Dad Growing Growing Up Head Involved Parenthood Parents Planned Planned Parenthood Things Up Various Very Volunteer Were

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The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work, they realized that, at least in the tropical areas, they did not have the tools to get it done.

~Bill Gates

Topics: About After Area Big Born Decade Did Done First Get Least Malaria Program Realized Tools Tropical Work World Year I Was Born

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The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it's Microsoft Office or Windows, its pushing that forward. New ideas, surprising the marketplace, so good engineering and good business are one in the same.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Breakthrough Business Come Engineering Forward Good Ideas Marketplace Microsoft New New Ideas Office Pushing Same Software Successful Surprising Up Way Whether Windows World

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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?

~Bill Gates

Topics: Best Better Bridge Coach Differently Doing Ever Getting Getting Better Hope How Know Me No Hope Satisfactory Who Would

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

~Bill Gates

Topics: Aid Dollars Few Life Lives Money Per Saved Saving Thousand Well-Spent

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When Ford sells a car, a dealer isn't allowed to take out the engine and put a different one in. When a newsstand sells the Washington Post, no one can go to the newsstand and pay them to rip out the classified section and put their own classified section in - if they could, they would do so.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Allowed Car Classified Could Dealer Different Engine Ford Go Out Own Pay Post Put Rip Section Sells Take Them Washington Washington Post Would

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If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Culture Geeks Like Real Trouble You Your

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Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Always Books Forward Home Looking Looking Forward Office Reading Road Stack Whether

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Two out of every five people on Earth today owe their lives to the higher crop outputs that fertilizer has made possible.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Crop Earth Every Fertilizer Five Higher Lives Made Out Owe People Possible Today Two

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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.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Actually Few Given Good Good Thing How Newspaper People Read Reading Screen Thing Young Young People A Good Thing

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: October 28th, 1955

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