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The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: 'Does your teacher use class time well?' and, 'When you're confus...more

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Contrary to popular belief, I don't spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world to better understand global de...more

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People should just buy a CD and rip it. You are legal then.

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Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be f...more

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Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.

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Employers have decided that having the breadth of knowledge that's associated with a four-year degree is often something they want to see in the peopl...more

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The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is...more

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If you give people tools, and they use their natural abilities and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much ...more

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I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it.

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Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to...more

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I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can...more

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The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.

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Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing th...more

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To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes something that's really new and really captures people's...more

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My mom and my dad were both very sociable, meeting lots of interesting people.