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We look in our own backyard and say, 'How do we help at-risk families, at risk youth? How do we think through some of the problems affecting the Pacific Northwest and make some change there?'
Melinda Gates
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Melinda Gates
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: August 15
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Dallas
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Melinda Ann French
Melinda French Gates
Melinda Ann Gates
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If you don't invest in the woman, empower her, give her the things she needs to lift her family up, you're just not going to make the progress that you want to make. But if you put her at the centre, you can change a lot for that family, and it has ripple effects through the economy.
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I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.
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I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.
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A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.
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Women and girls face a whole host of issues. We start with health, so we work very deeply on maternal deaths, making sure that a mom doesn't die in childbirth, making sure that she has access, for instance, to AIDS medication.
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When girls are educated and free to pursue their passions, they contribute more to a thriving society. When women have a voice, they raise it to demand a life that is greater than what they've been told they have a right to expect. And these demands change the future for everyone.
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That's universal - we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what's not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.
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Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.
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It's really one of my all-time favorite things to do. To go out and really see the kids and visit the moms who are in these programs because I think I really get to see what happens on the ground and connect with them about what changes are that happen in their lives because of some of the giving that we're able to do.
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I am inspired by the women I meet everywhere I go. They have to work so hard just to make sure their families survive, but somehow they stay optimistic and do everything in their power to make the future better than the past.
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You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
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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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