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.
MELINDA GATESIt is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.
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It is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.
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Now we just really need to do the work, which we’re doing, to get contraceptives out to women worldwide.
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If you don’t have an effective teacher in front of the classroom, you won’t change the trajectory for students.
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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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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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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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Helping people doesn’t have to be an unsound financial strategy.
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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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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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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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If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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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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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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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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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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