If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
MELINDA GATESIf you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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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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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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That’s universal – we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what’s not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.
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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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Make sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in.
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What great changes have not been ambitious?
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The biggest pieces of work that we do are vaccines, because those save lives, and also family planning. Because if a woman can space the births of her children, it changes everything for her health and her child’s health.
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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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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 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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You can’t save kids just with vaccines.
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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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We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
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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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When we better understand the realities of these women’s lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.
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