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To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash.


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BILL GATES By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.
BILL GATES Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.
BILL GATES Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.
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