I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes. -- Nancy Lublin

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When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the impact it could have.

Life is full of regrets, but it doesn't pay to look back.

When I planted my pain in the field of patience, it bore fruit of happiness.

When you stop planning and preparing . . . you stop winning.

When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid; the vast limits of their knowledge.

When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine.

My memories of events and games are fragmented.

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the question of solidarity doesn't mean much to them at that time.

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.

Ah, beer. The cause of and the solution to all of life's problems.