Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.
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By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that by the year 2035, global poverty will significantly diminish.
Bill Gates expresses optimism about the future of global economics, predicting that advancements in technology, economic policies, and international cooperation will lead to a world with drastically fewer impoverished nations. His statement highlights a transformative period in which structural improvements could elevate living standards around the globe, hinting at the power of innovation and philanthropy in eradicating poverty.
In practice
Use this quote in a speech about global development at an international conference.
Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.
With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting effective teaching in every classroom, charting a path to college and careers for all students, and developing the tools to help all children stay motivated and engaged in their own education. The more states that adopt these college and career based standards, the closer we will be to sharing innovation across state borders and becoming more competitive as a country.
About three million computers get sold every year in China, people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. And as long as they're going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.
Internet TV and the move to the digital approach is quite revolutionary. TV has historically has been a broadcast medium with everybody picking from a very finite number of channels.
These four policy prescriptions - strengthening educational opportunities, revamping immigration rules for highly skilled workers, increasing federal funding for basic scientific research, and providing incentives for private-sector R&D - should in my view be top priorities as Congress and the Administration consider how to maintain the nation's leadership in science, technology, and innovation.
Change only takes place through action, not through meditation and prayer.
We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously been seen only when nations mobilized for war. These prior struggles for survival were won when leaders found words at the 11th hour that released a mighty surge of courage, hope and readiness to sacrifice for a protracted and mortal challenge.
For over half a century the automobile has brought death, injury, and the most inestimable sorrow and deprivation to millions of people.
You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person died for no reason.
Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with contracted sympathies and false knowledge, wasting my life on obsolete trifles, and utterly insensible to the privilege of living in this wondrous age of change and progress.
If I wanted to change the world, the last thing I would do is write a play.
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