I went to business school, and I went straight from that to a nine-year career at Microsoft. Eventually, I ran a big chunk of the consumer products division for Microsoft.Then I left with the birth of our first daughter because Bill and I both wanted to have a few kids.
MELINDA GATESBirth control has almost completely and totally disappeared from the global health agenda, and the victims of this paralysis are the people of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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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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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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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
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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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All lives have an equal value.
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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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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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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
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What great changes have not been ambitious?
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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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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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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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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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