#ak

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

#developing #developing world #difference #funding #government

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

#child #children #differently #get #granted

Civilization is what makes you sick. ↗

— Paul Gauguin

#makes #sick #you

Microsoft certainly makes products for the Macintosh. ↗

— Melinda Gates

#macintosh #makes #microsoft #products

There are absolutely lots of teachers who are trying to come into the profession, but they are not attracted enough to say, 'I'm going to switch careers to do it,' or they are often not retained... because the salaries and the compensation aren't there to make it happen. ↗

— Melinda Gates

#attracted #because #careers #come #compensation

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#his #never #politician #quite #says

Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#back #church #i #i do #me

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#harmonize #heard #i #mine #taken

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#back #ceremony #church #during #favor

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#bourgeois #diplomats #i #me #metro