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I also turn down what's probably a good amount of coinage to be made out of playing dads, an incredible number of obnoxious dad.


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BILL GATES I think there will be PCs at every price point.
BILL GATES I don't have a magic formula for prioritizing the world's problems.
BILL GATES The truth of Moore's law has made remarkable things possible. On the software side, I think natu...
BILL GATES The only definition by which America's best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis.
BILL GATES Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. ...
BILL GATES At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I&...
BILL GATES I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I'm still fanatical, but now I'm a littl...
BILL GATES Polio's pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on...
BILL GATES I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so t...
BILL GATES To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes so...
BILL GATES Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.
BILL GATES People everywhere love Windows.
BILL GATES I'm never fully satisfied with any Microsoft product.
BILL GATES The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.
BILL GATES If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago...
BILL GATES Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.
BILL GATES Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health.
BILL GATES I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.
BILL GATES China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.
BILL GATES The best teacher is very interactive.
BILL GATES Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.
BILL GATES The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream.
BILL GATES Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it k...
BILL GATES I'm a geek.
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