If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
MELINDA GATESWhen we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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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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As a woman finds economic opportunity, even if she’s only earning a couple of dollars a day, if she can save it on her phone, she then makes different decisions for her household than her husband might.
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You can’t save kids just with 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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All lives have an equal value.
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What great changes have not been ambitious?
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Women and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they’re born.
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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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We look in our own backyard and say, ‘How do we help at-risk families, at risk youth? How do we think through some of the problems affecting the Pacific Northwest and make some change there?’
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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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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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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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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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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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