Quote by Bill Gates
A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, bu

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited its less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society. – Bill Gates

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Its fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. – Bill Gates

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Failure
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Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy. – Bill Gates

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design
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In this business, by the time you realize youre in trouble, its too late to save yourself. Unless youre running scared all the time, youre gone. – Bill Gates

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Business
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But the truth of the matter is, were an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. Thats why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil. – Condoleezza Rice

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Society

Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century. – Greg Egan, “Distress”

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Society

I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes. – Erma Bombeck

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Society

It seems to me that were in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society. – Alexander McCall Smith

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Society

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It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart. – Thomas Fuller

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Comedy may be big business but it isnt pretty. – Steve Martin

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Business

I dont think I could play a character that I couldnt relate to somehow. Im not unfamiliar with frustration, anger, shame, helplessness and a load of other emotions that make up our psycho-soup. I try to focus on that frustration, that sense of unfairness, and multiply it. – Terry OQuinn

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Love food and I love to eat. – Salma Hayek

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Food