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The most cost-effective investment society can make is in the first five years of a child's life. Nothing else comes close.
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I did not create my own good fortune. I was given a huge leg up by having been born in the United States to a family that could provide education, nutrition, and safety.
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I want Tulsa to be the best place in the world to be a poor child. Everything else follows from that.
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In business, I have always looked for sustainable competitive advantages. In philanthropy, I look for the same thing — what intervention creates a lasting change in outcomes, not just a temporary improvement.