Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
MELINDA GATESWomen are the centre of the family. It’s the woman who decides what’s eaten in the house, when to have the kids vaccinated; everything that has to do with the children’s health revolves around her.
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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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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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All lives have an equal value.
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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.
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If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
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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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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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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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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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Helping people doesn’t have to be an unsound financial strategy.
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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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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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