I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.
MELINDA GATESIf 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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When we better understand the realities of these women’s lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.
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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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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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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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What great changes have not been ambitious?
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You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
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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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When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
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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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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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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 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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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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If I really believe all lives have equal value, and if I use contraceptives, which I do, and if I’m counselling my son and my two daughters to use them, how am I not serving the women who don’t have access to the contraceptives they need?
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