"I would counsel people to go to..." - Quote by Bill Gates
I would counsel people to go to college, because it's one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills.
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“At some point, that risk-taking private capital can take over, and have patents and trade secrets and things that let them lead the way, which happened with the steam engine and some other things, although with energy, the time of adoption is a lot longer than it is with, say, IT products or even medical advances, like drugs and vaccines.”
“Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.”
“If I had a dollar for every time someone made fun of me in high school-oh wait, I do!”
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“One must travel, to learn.”
“I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being on a young soul to which they are totally unfit. Cannot we let people be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make that man another you. One's enough.”
“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”
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“Set goals not for the outcome itself, but for who you get to become in the process.”
“Each of us should make the most of our lives. We should give life our best-let us use our lives more wisely to chase our dreams, find our true purpose, and be as happy and successful as possible.”
“These tears do me good, they have watered the parched place; perhaps my heart will grow again there!”