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...know that this means only that you are fortunate to have unique opportunities and access to incredible resources. While pursuing passions and planning for the future, you are humbled at every turn; by your classmates, the prestigious faculty, your first-semester crush, the local kids you tutor, or the person that tutors you. Humility also presents itself where you never expected—perhaps the homeless man pursuing his passion by playing music in the Square every evening, or the lunch lady who personally wishes everyone a great day as she swipes their card...
Gates’ pledge is atypical in the field of global health. Manifest in his massive donation is the will of an individual who is acting with almost full agency, thanks in part to his own considerable wealth. This has obvious benefits: A single person can often move much more quickly than some of the less agile organizations involved in global health, since they do not have to contend with the same political forces and special interests. Gates’ immense wealth grants him a type of influence in the field that resembles state power, but unlike the decisions...
...after my mother stayed with the bikers, she stopped at an overlook to take pictures. The pull-off was nearly empty. The only person there was a biker by himself all in dusty black, a wild beard, parked and marveling at the scenery. This is something that she remembers with a laugh and has told us often...
...which alone gets to judge whether legislation will add to or lighten the national debt. A bumper sticker posted on a billboard in the hallway gives you an idea of what passes for humor in a place as wonky as this: "I Brake for Unfunded Mandates." See TIME's Person of the Year 2009: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke...
...down institutions, puncturing pomp. He's even adopted some of their style. He loves to tell the same jokes about egos in Washington - "where people say, I'll double-cross that bridge when I get to it," and "the only place in the world you can see a prominent person walking down lovers' lane holding his own hand." (See pictures of U.S. soldiers delivering aid to Haiti...