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He's a ball mover. It's not that our offense has been so slow ... we ran the same stuff when he was ... BILL SELF The young guys ... they have been playing ample minutes in my opinion. BILL SELF I don't know if one player spurred it (team chemistry) on more than others, but I do think Russell R... BILL SELF You look at the four teams that tied with six wins, any of those teams can do some damage. Certainly... BILL SELF He'll wear a splint when he's not practicing. (On the court) he'll tape it up and be fine. BILL SELF We played great offensively. We made shots. The offense looks a lot better, and certainly we did (sh... BILL SELF I was very disappointed in our toughness. We were not very tough tonight. BILL SELF In my opinion when you have depth, you should be able to sit guys with two fouls. We subbed with nin... BILL SELF Teams learn how to win when they're not playing well and this team did that against Oklahoma. It's a... 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BILL WATTERSON We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves an... BILL WATTERSON From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way. BILL WATTERSON Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's differ... BILL WATTERSON The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life... I don't wa... BILL WATTERSON The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present. BILL WATTERSON The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a... BILL WATTERSON Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous? BILL WATTERSON Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery. BILL WATTERSON If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life. BILL WATTERSON It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept. BILL WATTERSON Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless. BILL WATTERSON Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell. BILL COPELAND Keep your word. Honor commitments, and they will double back to honor you. BILL RANCIC Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But i... BILL GATES The outside perception and inside perception of Microsoft are so different. The view of Microsoft in... BILL GATES According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first w... BILL GATES My son likes to go see mines and electric plants, or the Large Hadron Collider, and we've had a ... BILL GATES Like any well designed software product, Windows is designed, developed and tested as an integrated ... BILL GATES The quality of research in the U.S. is absolutely the best. BILL GATES The bulk of the universities are about teaching kids. 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BILL GATES I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I'm still fanatical, but now I'm a littl... BILL GATES Polio's pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on... BILL GATES I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so t... BILL GATES To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes so... BILL GATES Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. BILL GATES People everywhere love Windows. BILL GATES I'm never fully satisfied with any Microsoft product. BILL GATES The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important. BILL GATES If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago... BILL GATES Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing. BILL GATES Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health. BILL GATES I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. BILL GATES China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%. BILL GATES The best teacher is very interactive. BILL GATES Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings. BILL GATES The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream. BILL GATES Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it k... BILL GATES I'm a geek. BILL GATES I know there's a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that's fine with me. BILL GATES If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, a... BILL GATES Go empower yourself. You need confidence because the one thing that bullying does is it belittles yo... BILL GOLDBERG As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. 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