I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
MELINDA GATESKids are falling through the cracks and nobody notices it. That to me is what’s wrong with the school system.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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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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It’s important to remember that behind every data point is a daughter, a mother, a sister—a person with hopes and dreams.
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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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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 invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
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All women, everywhere, have the same hopes: we want to be self-sufficient and create better lives for ourselves and our loved ones.
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When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
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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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Helping people doesn’t have to be an unsound financial strategy.
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We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
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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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Make sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in.
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We set out what’s going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we’ll reassess that… sometimes every week.
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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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The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.
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