Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.
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The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the negative perception of U.S. immigration laws and emphasizes the injustice faced by immigrants.
Bill Gates critiques the U.S. immigration laws, labeling them as fundamentally flawed and a source of great injustice. By stating that the treatment of immigrants is among the worst actions carried out by the government, he draws attention to the need for reform and compassion in the treatment of individuals seeking to improve their lives.
In practice
In a speech about social justice, one might say, 'As Bill Gates highlighted, the treatment of immigrants is a significant injustice that we must address.'
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.
Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.
Memory is fiction. We select the brightest and the darkest, ignoring what we are ashamed of, and so embroider the broad tapestry of our lives.
I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.
At the beginning of my career, I visited a Sudanese refugee camp in Uganda and saw a two-year-old girl die before my eyes. The technical term for what this girl experienced, when you are too thin and malnourished for your size, is childhood wasting. And it was, indeed, a waste. A young life - with all its potential - gone forever.
Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.
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