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Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have the confidence of their convictions and they know their skills. And that occupies most of my time.

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Bill Gates
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 28
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Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all. They look hard at the safety and the testing. And they make sure that the benefits far outweigh any of the downsides.
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Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea of free information.
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The vision is really about empowering workers giving them all the information about what’s going on so they can do a lot more than they’ve done in the past.
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You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it's really let us down.
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Vaccines are extremely well tested their safety is well understood. The false allegations about vaccines causing autism have been disproven. But there are still echoes out there confusing people.
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Most innovations, unfortunately, actually increase the net costs of the healthcare system. There's a few, particularly having to do with chronic diseases, that are an exception. If you could cure Alzheimer's, if you could avoid diabetes - those are gigantic in terms of saving money. But the incentive regime doesn't favor them.
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I am super lucky. I've been in the area where things have been changing and been part of the digital revolution, the magic of software, the internet, the computer, and now the cellphone... so it's been a great privilege.
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Success is a lousy teacher.
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Why do people benefit in inverse proportion to their need? Well, market incentives make that happen.
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I studied every thing but never topped.... But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees
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Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.
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I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. But many others were also in the same place. The difference was that I took action.
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