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• Bill Gates:

  I have a company that is not Microsoft, called Corbis. Corbis is the operation that merged with Bet

• Bill Gates:

  The outside perception and inside perception of Microsoft are so different. The view of Microsoft i

• Bill Gates:

  I think any statement about stock prices is always suspect unless it's made by Warren Buffett.

• Bill Gates:

  The Internet is the easiest thing to get into. To be an Internet retailer, you just get that URL.

• Bill Gates:

  Playing bridge is a pretty old fashioned thing in a way that I really like.

• Bill Gates:

  I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer, but I like the way I do it.

• Bill Gates:

  I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empoweri

• Bill Gates:

  I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that

• Bill Gates:

  Well the protester I think is a very powerful thing. It's basically a mechanism of democracy that,

• Bill Gates:

  Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.