Melinda French Gates
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Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
It was always I'm smart enough.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
I deserve to have this role of the chair, you know, co-chair of this foundation.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
Because people kind of put that on you, right?
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
Or I put it on myself.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
I never felt I knew enough.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
It was this whole perfectionism thing.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
You can't know everything.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
My God, it's, you know, 20 different topics in different places in the world.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
We're still learning.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
We're learning the science.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
But somehow I felt I never knew enough.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
Now I walk into a room and go, hmm, I'm plenty smart enough to do this.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
I may not know everything.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
I'll ask some people here or I'll say.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates
I'll admit, oh, I haven't read that.