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Melinda Gates Quote

“I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.”

— Melinda Gates

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My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups - development, testing, marketing, user education.

— Melinda Gates

Success

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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.

— Melinda Gates

Success

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Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.

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Wisdom

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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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Life

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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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