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Bill Gates Quotes
Bill Gates
American
Businessman
Born:
Oct 28
,
1955
People
Think
Time
Will
World
You
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The difference between a stranger sending you a message that you might be interested in at a very low volume level, no repetition, just sending it to very few people, and that being done as spam - those things get close enough that you want to be careful never to filter out something that's legitimate.
Bill Gates
You
People
Few
Filter
Enough
Those
Out
Be Careful
Something
Never
Volume
Between
Message
Repetition
Very
Close
Get
Sending
Few People
Done
Just
Difference
Being
Legitimate
Want
Spam
Being Done
Interested
Low
Might
Stranger
Level
Things
Careful
Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.
Bill Gates
Time
Business
Creativity
Focus
Building
Philanthropy
Kind
Lot
Effective
Same
Skills
Requires
Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.
Bill Gates
Great
Engineering
Software
Between
Combination
Artistry
Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules - not just for governments but for private companies.
Bill Gates
You
Privacy
World
Digital
Digital World
Rules
Find
More
Almost
Implicit
Click
Because
Private
Cameras
Governments
Historically
Just
Information
Whether
Explicit
Hard
Companies
Satellites
Need
Gather
I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.
Bill Gates
Great
Communication
People
Achieve
Other
Great Believer
Tool
Kind
Freedoms
Terms
Learn
How
Effects
Any
Interested
Each
Enhances
Believer
Profound
I spend a lot of time reading.
Bill Gates
Time
Reading
Spend
Lot
Time Reading
If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
Bill Gates
You
Finish Line
Think
Would
Some
Crossed
Finish
Had
Idea
Line
Years
Years Ago
Set
Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.
Bill Gates
Home
Looking
Reading
Books
Road
Looking Forward
Always
Office
Stack
Whether
Forward
A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code.
Bill Gates
Day
You
People
Closed
Sit
Assume
Software
All Day
Solitary
Purely
Write
Lot
Lots
Office
Where
Door
Creating
Code
Activity
Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.
Bill Gates
Life
Needs
Innovation
Problems
Will
Big
Research
Everyone
Resources
Solutions
Component
Solving
Able
Crucial
Part
Reach
Also
Make
Policy
Sure
Always
Provide
Governments
Huge
Huge Part
Improves
Big Problems
Which
Public
Them
Public Policy
Who
Uniquely
Fund
Play
Basic
Basic Research
Set
Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting.
Bill Gates
Funny
Day
Me
Every Day
Rich
Every
Everyone
Out
Would
Would-Be
E-Mail
Exciting
Almost
Almost Everyone
Like
Were
Debt
Quick
Offers
Get
Spam
Much
Help
Who
Uses
Ton
Receive
The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive.
Bill Gates
People
Earthquake
Immediate
Has-Been
Outpouring
Support
Haiti
Been
Impressive
Aftermath
Millions
Millions Of People
The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.
Bill Gates
World
Poverty
Harmful
Extreme
Extreme Poverty
Worse
Solve
Mistaken
Disease
Getting
Just
Belief
Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.
Bill Gates
Every
Way
Kid
City
Cleaned
Until
Educating
Up
Shortage
Fantastic
Things
Inner
Inner City
Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.
Bill Gates
People
Amazing
Focus
Few
Market
Jobs
Ability
Count
Steve
Steve Jobs
Amazing Things
Get
Revolutionary
Few Things
Interface
User
Who
Right
Things
I am results-oriented.
Bill Gates
Am
There's no such thing as going to a soapbox and saying, 'The government's corrupt,' and not having the intelligence service see your face. In the digital world, that can be done.
Bill Gates
Service
Government
Saying
Intelligence
World
Digital
Face
Digital World
Corrupt
See
Having
Done
Going
Soapbox
Your
Thing
I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.
Bill Gates
Good
School
Through
Tests
Grade
Sixth
Being
Public
Cool
Public School
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.
Bill Gates
Dreams
Great
Great Deal
Think
I Think
Kid
Out
Fact
Had
Read
Deal
Lot
Grew
Really
Chance
If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble.
Bill Gates
You
Culture
Trouble
Geeks
Like
Real
Your
Living on $6 a day means you have a refrigerator, a TV, a cell phone, your children can go to school. That's not possible on $1 a day.
Bill Gates
Day
You
Cell Phone
Phone
School
Living
Possible
TV
Go
Cell
Refrigerator
Children
Means
Your
I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm - not all - that religion used to fill.
Bill Gates
Religion
Science
People
Weather
Before
Creation
Some
Myths
Like
Sought
Felt
Understand
False
Began
Disease
Explanations
Them
Mankind
Richard
Really
Realm
Used
Agree
Fill
Filled
Now
Things
Need
Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.
Bill Gates
Community
Entire
Investing
Participation
Poor
Requires
I have a company that is not Microsoft, called Corbis. Corbis is the operation that merged with Bettman Archives. It has nothing to do with Microsoft. It was intentionally done outside of Microsoft because Microsoft isn't interested.
Bill Gates
Nothing
Archives
Outside
Merged
Operation
Because
Done
Microsoft
Intentionally
Interested
Company
I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don't know.
Bill Gates
Life
God
You
Decision
Sense
Believe
Think
I Think
Exactly
Exactly What
Know
Make
Because
Makes
Your
Differently
Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.
Bill Gates
You
Creative
People
Problems
Will
Back
Our
Top
Our Lives
Say
Security
Would
Solve
Able
Staying
Touch
Computers
Exciting
Exciting Things
Because
Priority
Being
Hold
Then
Your
Organizing
Lives
Things
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