"What should exist? To me, that's the most exciting question imaginable. What do we need that we don't have? How can we realize our potential?"
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"You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place."
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"In the computer industry, you've got an interdisciplinary team of people who can come together, attack the problem, and work in a collaborative style. You knock down one problem after another, cobble things together, and then hopefully turn the crank at some point."
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"Traditionally, Seattle has been a great sports town and great football town. What the Huskies have achieved over the years has been pretty amazing. That's how I got my first taste of football - when I went with my father to Husky Stadium."
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"You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life."
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"Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time."
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"The possible is constantly being redefined, and I care deeply about helping humanity move forward."
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"In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference?"
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"Any crusade requires optimism and the ambition to aim high"
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"The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too."
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"When it comes to helping out, I don't believe in doing it for the media attention. My goal is to support the organizations that need help."
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"In the first eight or so years at Microsoft, we were always chained to our terminals, and after I got sick the first time, I decided that I was going to be more adventurous and explore more of the world."
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"In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way."
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"I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about our universe and what other civilisations may exist elsewhere."
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"I think it's going to be great if people can buy a ticket to fly up and see black sky and the stars. I'd like to do it myself-but probably after it has flown a serious number of times first!"
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"The only regrets I have are rather prosaic - like I wish I went for a swim in the Pacific."
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"We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there."
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"I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects."
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"I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of all the work that went into it, not just my work but everybody else's and the research and so forth, there's a sense of really have done something worthwhile."
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"For the most part, the best opportunities now lie where your competitors have yet to establish themselves, not where they're already entrenched. Microsoft is struggling to adapt to that new reality."
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