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In The Us In The 1900's 60 % Of People Were Employed On The Farms. Today It's Less Than 1%. If You Told People Back Then That This Would Happen They Wouldn't Have Believed It. If You Told Them We Would Have Therapy, Massages And Spas That Played Important Parts In Our Lives They Would've Have Believed Us.

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In The Us In The 1900's 60 % Of People Were Employed On The Farms. Today It's Less Than 1%. If You Told People Back Then That This Would Happen They Wouldn't Have Believed It. If You Told Them We Would Have Therapy, Massages And Spas That Played Important Parts In Our Lives They Would've Have Believed Us.

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The Green Revolution Focused On The Big Three - Maize, Rice And Wheat - And The Green Revolution Did Not Adapt The Big Three To African Conditions, Other Than South Africa, As Much As They Should Have.

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To Win Big, You Sometimes Have To Take Big Risks.

I Believe Technology Will Continue To Become More Affordable And More People Will Have The Chance To Use It. This Will Help More People Get Medical Care And A Good Education.

Microsoft Looks At New Ideas, They Don't Evaluate Whether The Idea Will Move The Industry Forward, They Ask, 'how Will It Help Us Sell More Copies Of Windows?

Well Depending On The Government, You Either Work Through The Government, Which Is Ideal, Because Then You're Strengthening Their Capabilities, Or You Work Through The Non-governmental Organizations. It's Never Easy, And You Know, It's Just About The Very Basics Of Health. This Is Not Hospitals. This Is Just Primary Health Care [in Africa], The Most Simple Things, And Even So, Getting The Supplies Out, Getting The Trained Workers There.

I Did Not Even Finish My Studies

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If You Can't Make It Good, At Least Make It Look Good.

We're Focused On Providing Innovations In Software, Driving The Continuous Improvement For A Much Better Experience, And There's A Lot Going On Here That Speaks To This Decade And What's Going To Happen In This Decade. We Can Kind Of Sum It Up In Terms Of Saying, "yes, You Can."

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