Melinda Gates Quotes - Page 3

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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.

  Melinda Gates

  Fall, School, Kids

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Melinda Gates

  Children, Kids, House

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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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.

  Melinda Gates

  Children, Vaccines, Space

  Interview with Jessica Grose, www.lennyletter.com. April 1, 2016.

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• As a woman finds economic opportunity, even if she's only earning a couple of dollars a day, if she can save it on her phone, she then makes different decisions for her household than her husband might.

  Melinda Gates

  Couple, Husband, Opportunity

  Interview with Jessica Grose, www.lennyletter.com. April 1, 2016.

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• Bill [Gates] and I believe philanthropy can only be effective if it starts things and proves whether they actually work or not. That's the place that governments often don't want to, or can't, work.

  Melinda Gates

  Believe, Government, Want

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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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.

  Melinda Gates

  Change, Education, School

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• My undergraduate work was in computer science and economics. It just happened to be at that time when 34 percent of computer-science majors were women. We didn't realize it was at the peak at the time.

  Melinda Gates

  Computer, Realizing, Economics

  Interview with Jessica Grose, www.lennyletter.com. April 1, 2016.

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• I felt suicidal. I couldn't stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn't it be great if the car crashed and I died?

  Melinda Gates

  Depression, Suicidal, Thinking

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• I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.

  Melinda Gates

  United States, Lucky, Born

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.

  Melinda Gates

  World, Around The World, Poverty

  Interview with Jessica Grose, www.lennyletter.com. April 1, 2016.

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• Mothers might say they'd go to the doctor. In poor countries, moms are usually responsible for their kids' health. But breastfeeding and traveling to the clinic take time, and research shows that health care is one of the first tradeoffs women make when they're too busy.

  Melinda Gates

  Mom, Country, Mother

  "If you could have one superpower, what would it be?". Annual Letter of Bill and Melinda Gates, www.gatesnotes.com. February 22, 2016.

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• If you ask, who has the chance to move into the city and get a good job out in the developing world? It's a man. Who's left to care for the kids back at home? The woman is.

  Melinda Gates

  Jobs, Moving, Home

  Interview with Jessica Grose, www.lennyletter.com. April 1, 2016.

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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.

  Melinda Gates

  Government, Differences, United States

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• As a parent, the responsible thing to do - if you love your child - is to vaccinate your child.

  Melinda Gates

  Children, Love You, Parent

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• The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.

  Melinda Gates

  Foundation, Charity, Next

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you look back at history, [Dale ] Carnegie highlighted the need for libraries to be a place where everyone could go to read if you didn't have access to books. Philanthropy can be a place that'll take a risk or point to areas to make sure they are the right government investments to reduce inequalities.

  Melinda Gates

  Book, Government, Risk

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• We also look at farming. Are we making sure that we're getting the latest seeds out to women so they can get a bigger yield off of their farms? A new type of seed that gets out to a man, let's say, that's drought resistant - because, of course, the rains are changing in Africa with climate change - if you don't put it in the hands of a woman, she won't necessarily get it. We look at breaking down all those barriers.

  Melinda Gates

  Rain, Men, Yield

  Interview with Jessica Grose, www.lennyletter.com. April 1, 2016.

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• When we better understand the realities of these women's lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.

  Melinda Gates

  Reality, Design, Able

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• If I really believe all lives have equal value, and if I use contraceptives, which I do, and if I'm counselling my son and my two daughters to use them, how am I not serving the women who don't have access to the contraceptives they need?

  Melinda Gates

  Daughter, Believe, Son

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• We start with an economic approach. We look at what are the greatest causes of death in the developing world, and what causes the largest amount of disability, which would prevent you from getting a job. A lot of those deaths start with diseases, diseases we don't get in such a great number in the United States.

  Melinda Gates

  Jobs, Numbers, United States

  Interview with Jessica Grose, www.lennyletter.com. April 1, 2016.

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• After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.

  Melinda Gates

  Years, Numbers, Dating

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If we're going to make progress on this issue [of contraception], we have to be really clear about what our agenda is. We're not talking about abortion. We're not talking about population control. What I'm talking about is giving women the power to save their lives, to save their children's lives and to give their families the best possible future.

  Melinda Gates

  Inspirational, Motivational, Children

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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.

  Melinda Gates

  Country, Thinking, Law

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• In places like India with smartphones, there's an app now for women if they're in a violent situation, they can press one button. They've given their cell-phone number to five trusted friends, and right away their GPS location goes out: "Here I am."

  Melinda Gates

  Numbers, Gps, Phones

  Interview with Jessica Grose, www.lennyletter.com. April 1, 2016.

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• Sanitation issues in the developing world affect women more than they affect men.

  Melinda Gates

  Men, Issues, World

  Interview with Jessica Grose, www.lennyletter.com. April 1, 2016.

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