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"I watched the piles of feces go up the conveyor belt... They made their way through the machine... A few minutes later I took a long taste of the end result: a glass of delicious drinking water."
"I read an hour almost every night. It's part of falling asleep."
"Improving the health & productivity of the poorest is one of the best investments you can make in the future of the world"
"I work hard because I love my work."
"I'm not an educator ... I'm a learner."
"I would counsel people to go to college, because it's one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills."
"The information highway will transform our culture as dramatically as Gutenberg's press did the Middle Ages."
"The leader needs to create an environment in which people can analyze the situation and develop a good response."
"If you take from the most wealthy and give to the least wealthy, it's good. It tries to balance out."
"Does the universe exist only for me? It's possible. If so, it's sure going well for me, I must admit."
"I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world."
"As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others."
"The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that's expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other types of land, or taking advantage of byproducts that aren't used in the food chain today, or by intercropping."
"If you're asking whether I intentionally mess up my hair, no, I don't. And certain things, like my freckles, they're just there. I don't do anything consciously. I suppose I could get contact lenses. I suppose I could comb my hair more often."
"Don't wallow in failure. Instead, learn from it."
"Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We've never wavered from that vision."
"If we can find approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits for business and votes for politicians, we will have found a sustainable way to reduce inequity in the world. This task is open-ended. It can never be finished. But a conscious effort to answer this challenge will change the world."
"If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss."
"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one."
"We will never make a 32-bit operating system."