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We set out what's going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we'll reassess that... sometimes every week.

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Melinda Gates
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: August 15
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Organizational Founder
Patron Of The Arts
Philanthropist
Dallas
Texas
Melinda Ann French
Melinda French Gates
Melinda Ann Gates
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Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.
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