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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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.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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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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Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.
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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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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.
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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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The biggest pieces of work that we do are vaccines, because those save lives, and also family planning. Because if a woman can space the births of her children, it changes everything for her health and her child’s health.
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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 and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they’re born.
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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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The biggest killers of children around the world are two things: diarrhea and pneumonia. When you think about it, in the United States, kids don’t die of diarrhea anymore, but it’s a huge problem in the developing world.
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