We [with Bill Gates] started to make decisions about what we’d invest in. Then I actually started traveling for the foundation. I’ve probably been to India now eight times at least and Africa numerous times.
MELINDA GATESAll women, everywhere, have the same hopes: we want to be self-sufficient and create better lives for ourselves and our loved ones.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.
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I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.
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Kids are falling through the cracks and nobody notices it. That to me is what’s wrong with the school system.
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Men make different investments than women do. Women tend to invest more of their earnings than men do in their family’s well-being – as much as 10 times more.
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My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups – development, testing, marketing, user education.
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Women and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they’re born.
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It is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.
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The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.
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If you can’t travel to the developing world, look at helping to fund a woman with a small loan and follow her. Learn her story. Learn about the difference that you’re making.
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Deep human connection is … the purpose and the result of a meaningful life – and it will inspire the most amazing acts of love, generosity, and humanity.
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I felt suicidal. I couldn’t stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn’t it be great if the car crashed and I died?
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Everyone agrees that the failure of our high schools is tragic. It’s bad business, and it’s bad policy. But we act as if it can’t be helped. It can be helped. We designed these high schools; we can redesign them.
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Around the world we have girls in primary school at about the same rate now as boys, but keeping them in quality secondary schools is where the world is lagging. I’m seeing a lot of countries look at this now.
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Take time to learn about the lives of women around the world-and try to play a small part in their fight to create the future they deserve.
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Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.
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