It's the same way that when the car got going, people thought it would be an electric car, … - Bill Gates

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And the wicked thing is, that when we're really upset, we always take it out on the people who are closest and whom we love the most.

Bill Gates

It's the same way that when the car got going, people thought it would be an electric car, people thought it would be a steam car. Actually, the dark horse in that race was internal combustion, but because of the energy density of gasoline and discovery of oil in large amounts at that point in first Pennsylvania and then Texas, it won out over those other two, to the point that those other two are actually viewed as obscure footnotes in history.

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