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Considering their impact, you might expect mosquitoes to get more attention than they do. Sharks kill fewer than a dozen people every year, and in the U.S. they get a week dedicated to them on TV every year.

From Bill Gates

Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things that get done there.

From Bill Gates

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.

From Bill Gates

Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.

From Bill Gates

Measles will always show you if someone isn't doing a good job on vaccinations. Kids will start dying of measles.

From Bill Gates

In almost every area of human endeavor, the practice improves over time. That hasn't been the case for teaching.

From Bill Gates

The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: 'Does your teacher use class time well?' and, 'When you're confused, does your teacher help you get straightened out?'

From Bill Gates

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.

From Bill Gates

By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.

From Bill Gates

Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.

From Bill Gates

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