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I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.
Melinda Gates
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Melinda Gates
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: August 15
Businessperson
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Patron Of The Arts
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Dallas
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Melinda Ann French
Melinda French Gates
Melinda Ann Gates
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When I look at 225 million women who want contraceptives, and then I look at the 52 million unintended pregnancies that could be avoided by addressing this unmet need, where can we have the biggest impact with our voice, our dollars, our partners? It's on contraceptives. I would rather address the problem upstream.
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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.
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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.
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We started our foundation because we believe we have a real opportunity to help advance equity around the world, to help make sure that, no matter where a person is born, he or she has the chance to live a healthy, productive life.
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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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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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