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.
MELINDA GATESAfter a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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You can’t save kids just with vaccines.
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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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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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Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.
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My undergraduate work was in computer science and economics. It just happened to be at that time when 34 percent of computer-science majors were women. We didn’t realize it was at the peak at the time.
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Bill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved.
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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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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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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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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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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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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.
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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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When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
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