Smithsonian Interview: Bill Gates (Primary source)
Bill Gates reflects on the early personal computing revolution, Microsoft’s role, and how software shaped the industry in this Smithsonian oral history interview from the Computer History Collection.
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“The axiom that you learn more from your failures than your successes is trite but absolutely true.”
— Bill Gates Primary source“Any company that stays the same will be passed by very quickly.”
— Bill Gates Primary source“Anytime we have new forms of communication it changes behavior whether it is political or business or any type of behavior.”
— Bill Gates Primary source“The type of person who comes up with the brilliant idea isn’t often the best person to turn it into a business.”
— Bill Gates Primary source“Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential.”
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— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“There is no little enemy.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
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