Melinda Gates

After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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All lives have an equal value. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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But we also believe in taking risks, because that's how you move things along. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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Government funding that's coming from the United States is making a huge difference on the ground in the developing world. It's really palpable - it's making a huge difference saving lives. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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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. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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It is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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