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"Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires."
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"The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice."
"Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it."
"Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way."
"My mom was on the United Way group that decides how to allocate the money and looks at all the different charities and makes the very hard decisions about where that pool of funds is going to go."
"I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference."
"For the salvation of his soul the Muslim digs a well. It would be a fine thing if each of us were to leave behind a school, or a well, or something of the sort, so that life would not pass by and retreat into eternity without a trace."
"I want to make a difference in the world. The only way to do that is to be different."
"My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it."
"The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation."
"Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires."
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"I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user."
"I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act."
"I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software."
"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 funny if it weren't so exciting."
"I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot."
"Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't clear."
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