Well, the truth is I'm very scared for people to dislike me. I have conflict-avoidance.

Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.

My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers.

Fame is a dangerous thing. It's what the post-industrial society wants. They want fame and many followers on Twitter. But to really make the world understandable, that challenge is remaining.

One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

Nowhere is the power of the Internet for improving people's lives more evident than in health care.

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