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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Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isnt willing to. – Bill Gates

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Government
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Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. – Bill Gates

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Life
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I think its fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool weve ever created. Theyre tools of communication, theyre tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user. – Bill Gates

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communication
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Youre scrutinized all through your life – youre scrutinized by your family, by yourself, by society, and your friends in a certain way, shape, or form. – Colin Farrell

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Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. – Thomas Jefferson

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Society

Society is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself — at the expense of the new demands of each new generation. – John Haynes Holmes

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Society

You make me sick! You are offered meat and you choose a banana-split-with-nuts. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Society

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Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. – Emily Dickinson

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Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions. – Bo Bennett

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Lost dreams may help you find new dreams. – J Charles White, @connect1492

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Adversity

Some of the things Ive seen a lot of my female-actress friends who are relatively famous receive – Ive seen some hideous things. Like some really, really bad things… like, the FBI should be contacted immediately. – Elisha Cuthbert

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famous