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

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No one can live entirely on their own, nor can any country or society exist in isolation. – Daisaku Ikeda

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The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave. – James Connolly

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In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society thats filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act. – Don DeLillo

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I think were living in a world where society is very difficult. – Steven Seagal

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