Melinda Gates on Giving Back
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“If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.”
–Melinda Gates
Photo credit: DFID – UK Department for International Development
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