When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
MELINDA GATESIt is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.
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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why they are not staying in.
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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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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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You can’t save kids just with vaccines.
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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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Birth control has almost completely and totally disappeared from the global health agenda, and the victims of this paralysis are the people of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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If you ask, who has the chance to move into the city and get a good job out in the developing world? It’s a man. Who’s left to care for the kids back at home? The woman is.
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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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If I really believe all lives have equal value, and if I use contraceptives, which I do, and if I’m counselling my son and my two daughters to use them, how am I not serving the women who don’t have access to the contraceptives they need?
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Philanthropy is not about the money. It’s about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.
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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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If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
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If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
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