You’re 1,300 in a Billion

by Jan 16, 2010Culture0 comments

A clever line delivered by Bill Gates to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, pointing out that the Chinese have a large talent base: “In China, when you’re one-in-a-million, there are 1,300 other people just like you.”

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