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everyone today we will bring you an
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incredible story that could change how
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you see your life and your
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dreams imagine a young boy who loved
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learning so much that he read every book
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find imagine that same boy growing up to
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change the world with his
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ideas that boy was Bill Gates
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Bill's story is not just about computers
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success it is about passion hard work
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and using your talents to make the world
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place it is a story of never giving up
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even when the journey is
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hard most of all it is a story about
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yourself stay with us until the end
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because this is more than just a story
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to improve your English listening skills
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it's a valuable lesson that can inspire
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you to dream bigger and reach
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higher let's begin with Bill's
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Journey Bill Gates was born on October
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1955 in Seattle Washington
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USA he was a curious Boy Who Loved to
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learn his parents William and Mary Gates
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encouraged him to study and try new
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bill was especially good at math and
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science but he loved reading
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too he read books about everything
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History Science Mysteries and stories
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thinkers each book was like a door to a
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world Bill's love for learning teaches
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us an important lesson curiosity is the
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growth the more we learn the more
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see even when he was young Bill believed
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ideas this belief became the foundation
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success when Bill was 13 years old his
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computer at that time computers were big
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and complicated but Bill was
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fascinated while other students found
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them confusing Bill saw them as a
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he spent hours learning to program and
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wrote simple games and
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tools his teachers noticed his talent
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and encouraged him to keep
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going one of Bill's first projects was a
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program to help students schedule their
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classes it was simple but showed how
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was this small step reminds us that
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every big dream starts with small
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actions when Bill Gates went to Harvard
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University his parents hoped he would
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study law and become a
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lawyer but Bill had a different
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dream computers had captured his heart
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and he spent most of his time in the
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computer lab instead of the
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classroom while other students focused
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on their studies bill was imagining a
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future where computers could be part of
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life during this time Bill often talked
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to his childhood friend Paul
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Allen Paul shared Bill's excitement
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about computers and they dreamed of
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working together to make computers
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use back then computers were large
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expensive and only used by businesses or
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scientists Bill and Paul belied they
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could change that they wanted to create
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software that would make computers
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smaller cheaper and simpler so everyone
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could use them their chance came when
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they read about a new computer called
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8800 Bill and Paul saw an
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opportunity the alire was one of the
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first personal computers but it didn't
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have any software to make it
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useful Bill and Paul decided to create a
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Alti they worked day and night pouring
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their their energy and skills into
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program when their software worked
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perfectly they knew they were on to
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1975 bill made a life-changing
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decision he left Harvard without
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finishing his degree to start a company
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Paul they named it Microsoft combining
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software their dream was to build a
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future where computers could help people
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in their homes schools and
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workplaces starting Microsoft was a big
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risk but Bill believed that his dream
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it his story shows us that taking bold
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steps can lead to incredible
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opportunities Microsoft began as a small
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Ambitions Bill and Paul worked in a tiny
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office often skipping meals and sleep
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desks they faced many challenges but
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their determination kept them
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going Bill believed in his vision and he
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pushed himself and his team to keep
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improving the company's first Big Break
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came when they sold their software for
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8800 it was a success and more people
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Microsoft this gave Bill and Paul the
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confidence to take on bigger
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challenges they wanted to create
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software that could work on many
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different types of computers not just
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one in 1980 Microsoft made an important
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deal with IBM one of the largest
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computer companies in the
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world Bill promised to deliver an
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operating system for IBM's new personal
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computer the software called MS DOS
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became a huge huge success and helped
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quickly MS DOS was just the beginning
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but it showed the world that Microsoft
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could lead the way in software
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development the real breakthrough came
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in 1985 when Microsoft launched
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Windows unlike earlier systems Windows
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use instead of typing complicated
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commands people could use a mouse to
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click on pictures and open
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programs this made computers accessible
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to millions of people who had never used
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before Windows became incredibly popular
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and soon most computers in the world
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were running Microsoft
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software Bill's vision of a computer for
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everyone was becoming a
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reality his success teaches us an
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important lesson Big Dreams can come
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true when you combine hard work inov
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inov ation and the courage to keep
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forward as Microsoft grew so did Bill's
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responsibilities he was no longer just a
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programmer he was now the leader of a
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company being a leader was not easy but
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challenge he was known for his intense
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determination Bill worked long hours and
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expected his team to worked just as
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hard he believed that success required
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dedication one of Bill's greatest
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strengths as a leader was his
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vision he didn't just think about what
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today he thought about what they would
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future he constantly asked his team to
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innovate under Bill's leadership
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Microsoft created many famous products
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including Microsoft Office and Internet
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Explorer these programs changed the way
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people worked helping them save time and
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organized even though bill was busy
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running a huge company he never stopped
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learning he read books on a wide range
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of topics including Science History and
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Technology he believed that learning new
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things helped him make better decisions
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and stay ahead of the
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competition Bill often said that
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Curiosity was one of the most important
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traits a person could
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have in 2000 Bill stepped down as the
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Microsoft he wanted to focus on helping
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people together with his wife Melinda he
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started the Bill and Melinda Gates
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Foundation this Foundation became the
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largest private charity in the
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world Bill believed that success should
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not only be about making
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money it should also be about helping
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others the foundation Works to solve big
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problems it focuses on global health
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poverty one of its most important
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achievements has been helping to create
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vaccines and medicines for diseases like
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malaria HIV and tuberculos
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is these efforts have saved millions of
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lives and helped many people live
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healthier and happier
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lives Bill and Melinda's work teaches us
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an important lesson when we help others
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we make the world a better
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place their work reminds us that no
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matter how much we achieve true success
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comes from kindness and
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generosity in recent years bill has also
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worked to to fight climate
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change he has invested in clean energy
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and written a book called how to avoid a
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disaster Bill believes that protecting
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the planet is very important for future
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Generations he wants everyone to
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understand why we need to act
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now today Bill Gates is known as a
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leader in technology and a global
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philanthropist his life is an example
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example of what is possible when you
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combine passion hard work and a desire
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others what can we learn from Bill's
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story first never stop
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learning curiosity opens doors to New
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Opportunities second dream big and work
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hard even the biggest dreams start with
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steps and finally use your success to
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others true success is not just about
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what you achieve for
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yourself it's about how you make the
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better thank you for joining us today to
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hear the inspiring story of Bill
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Gates we hope his journey touched your
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heart and gave you something to think
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about remember just like Bill you can
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use your talents to make the world a
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place dream big work hard and never stop
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knows one day your story could Inspire
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too if you enjoyed this episode share it
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with someone who needs a little
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