Now we just really need to do the work, which we’re doing, to get contraceptives out to women worldwide.
MELINDA GATESOur desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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I went to business school, and I went straight from that to a nine-year career at Microsoft. Eventually, I ran a big chunk of the consumer products division for Microsoft.Then I left with the birth of our first daughter because Bill and I both wanted to have a few kids.
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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 think it’s very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they’re growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.
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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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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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With economic opportunity, sometimes it’s making sure that if they’re not in a place where they can have good jobs, that when they have economic opportunity, they have digital tools to use.
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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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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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I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.
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Government funding that’s coming from the United States is making a huge difference on the ground in the developing world. It’s really palpable – it’s making a huge difference saving lives.
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Our economies are built on the backs of all this unpaid labor that women do.
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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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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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You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
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Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.
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