"The Center for Disease Control started out..." - Quote by Bill Gates
The Center for Disease Control started out as the malaria war control board based in Atlanta. Partly because the head of Coke had some people out to his plantation, and they got infected with malaria, and partly 'cause all the military recruits were coming down and having a higher fatality rate from malaria while training than in the field.
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“Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people.”
“You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.”
“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 you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.”
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“History is the lie commonly agreed upon.”
“In winter's tedious nights sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales Of woeful ages, long ago betid”
“Trial by jury is part of that bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.”