I felt suicidal. I couldn’t stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn’t it be great if the car crashed and I died?
MELINDA GATESI realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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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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If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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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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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 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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All lives have an equal value.
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Helping people doesn’t have to be an unsound financial strategy.
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Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.
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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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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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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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If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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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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Housework comes first, so girls often fall behind in school. Global statistics show that it’s increasingly girls, not boys, who don’t know how to read.
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