What great changes have not been ambitious?
MELINDA GATESThe premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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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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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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I went to business school, and I went straight from that to a nine-year career at Microsoft. Eventually, I ran a big chunk of the consumer products division for Microsoft.Then I left with the birth of our first daughter because Bill and I both wanted to have a few kids.
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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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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 we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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I think it’s very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they’re growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.
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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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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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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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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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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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Now, as smartphones are coming up, there are all kinds of apps that will start to be developed that will help women.
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Philanthropy is not about the money. It’s about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.
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