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Bill Gates: The Early Years

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January 26, 2012

"If I hadn't given my money away, I would now have more money than anyone else on the planet."

- BILL GATESsurprising London students with an appearance Wednesday. One pupil described his decision to give his fortune away as "really inspiring"
April 19, 2006

"Because you, Mr. Bill Gates, are a friend of China, I'm a friend of Microsoft. Also, I am dealing with the operating system produced by Microsoft every day."

- Chinese President Hu JintaoIn a meeting with Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates
October 06, 2011

"For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely."

- BILL GATESMicrosoft co-founder, on the death of Steve Jobs

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