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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I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot. – Bill Gates

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Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority. – Bill Gates

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This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50. – Bill Gates

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We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love. – Whitney Moore, Jr.

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It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society, for ends whose relative importance only those individuals know. – Friedrich August von Hayek

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The runway symbolizes something in society thats very intimidating to women. – Tyra Banks

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My father always taught me to appreciate what youre fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help. – Dan Marino

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A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. Thats why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues. – Joe DiMaggio

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Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts. – Salman Rushdie