What great changes have not been ambitious?
MELINDA GATESGovernment 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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When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.
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Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.
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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.
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You can’t save kids just with vaccines.
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We set out what’s going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we’ll reassess that… sometimes every week.
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The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.
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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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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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Helping people doesn’t have to be an unsound financial strategy.
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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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If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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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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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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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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