Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
MELINDA GATESOne life is worth no more or less than any other.
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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Abortion has become a very politicised issue that I think countries have to work out themselves. In a lot of countries, people can’t even yet agree on what their laws should be.
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We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
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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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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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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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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
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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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In different places you run into myths around vaccination or around family planning. In the United States, one of the myths that existed for a long time, that has been completely debunked, was that autism was linked to a vaccine.
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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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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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Men make different investments than women do. Women tend to invest more of their earnings than men do in their family’s well-being – as much as 10 times more.
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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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It’s important to remember that behind every data point is a daughter, a mother, a sister—a person with hopes and dreams.
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