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“Changing the world is not easy.”
“In the case of maternal health care, you look at, well naturally, it's the mother who's the customer, who makes the decisions. But in truth, the mother in many areas, in certain parts of India, the mother has very little decision-making power at all. The real decision-maker is the mother-in-law.”
“I'm feeling optimistic about rural Pakistan. Farmers are making good money.”
“Not surprisingly, most people feel most beautiful when they are involved in an act of service, or are doing something that makes them feel generous, connected, or seen by others.”
“President Kennedy said that those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. I would say that the converse is true.”
“Though either choice was good, one was truer to myself... Ultimately, I reflected on Geothe's invocation to 'make a commitment and the forces of the universe will conspire to make it happen' and chose the uncharted path.”
“I would like philanthropists to take more risks and invest more in risk capital.”
“Acumen Fund is my prayer in response to genocide and what happened in Rwanda.”
“The poor don't live in functional market economies as the rest of us do, but in political economies where corruption and broken systems extend from local government to moneylenders.”
“Sproxil will help combat the multi-billion dollar counterfeit drug market, empower customers, and give them the resources to make informed pharmaceutical purchasing decisions.”
“I think we so often equate leadership with being experts - the leader is supposed to come in and fix things. But in this interconnected world we live in now, it's almost impossible for just one person to do that.”
“Five days in Nairobi slums changes you.”
“Malaria is a disease that kills one to three million people a year. 300 to 500 million cases are reported. It's estimated that Africa loses about 13 billion dollars a year to the disease. Five dollars can save a life. We can send people to the moon; we can see if there's life on Mars - why can't we get five-dollar nets to 500 million people?”
“I wrote 'The Blue Sweater' to inspire more people to become engaged in working to solve the problems of global poverty.”
“The Pakistanis are very resilient people.”
“People across the world are yearning to be connected to stories of hope.”
“Wealth today has been created by a world view dominated by fast-moving networks, open information, bottom-up entrepreneurialism.”
“Rockefeller viewed his philanthropy through the lens of his business, and it really mirrored the Industrial Revolution. It was highly centralized, it was top down, it was based on experts, and it was big-picture.”
“Freedom is what beauty feels like when it can most express itself.”
“A sustainable world means working together to create prosperity for all.”