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.
MELINDA GATESBill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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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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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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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 want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.
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All lives have an equal value.
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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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Women and girls face a whole host of issues. We start with health, so we work very deeply on maternal deaths, making sure that a mom doesn’t die in childbirth, making sure that she has access, for instance, to AIDS medication.
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Everyone 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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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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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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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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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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Women 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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If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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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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