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?’
MELINDA GATESOne life is worth no more or less than any other.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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Around the world we have girls in primary school at about the same rate now as boys, but keeping them in quality secondary schools is where the world is lagging. I’m seeing a lot of countries look at this now.
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Bill [Gates] and I believe philanthropy can only be effective if it starts things and proves whether they actually work or not. That’s the place that governments often don’t want to, or can’t, work.
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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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All lives have an equal value.
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A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.
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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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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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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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Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.
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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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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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That’s universal – we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what’s not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.
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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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What great changes have not been ambitious?
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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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