Bill [Gates] and I believe philanthropy can only be effective if it starts things and proves whether they actually work or not. That’s the place that governments often don’t want to, or can’t, work.
MELINDA GATESEveryone 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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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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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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My undergraduate work was in computer science and economics. It just happened to be at that time when 34 percent of computer-science majors were women. We didn’t realize it was at the peak at the time.
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You can have the best vaccines for a woman or her child, but if you can’t get her to come and get them then they won’t work.
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All lives have an equal value.
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If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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Kids are falling through the cracks and nobody notices it. That to me is what’s wrong with the school system.
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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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As a woman finds economic opportunity, even if she’s only earning a couple of dollars a day, if she can save it on her phone, she then makes different decisions for her household than her husband might.
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Take time to learn about the lives of women around the world-and try to play a small part in their fight to create the future they deserve.
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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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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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You can’t save kids just with vaccines.
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I felt suicidal. I couldn’t stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn’t it be great if the car crashed and I died?
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