'60 Minutes': Bill Gates Video
'60 Minutes': Bill Gates Video Transcript
>> Gates invited us to his hometown of Seattle. One of our first stops was a favorite restaurant, this hamburger joint called Dick's.
>> Bill Gates: Uh, I'll have a deluxe cheese fry and a large Coke.
>> Large cheese fry, large Coke. Will that be all for you, sir?
>> Bill Gates: And then whatever he wants.
>> Oh, I've got to pay for this, come on.
>> Over the years, Bill Gates has been called many things, but no one has ever called him stupid.
>> Everybody that I've talked to talk about, you know, the smartest guy they know. Now, that has always been true, I mean, in the sense that you were the smartest guy in the room.
>> Bill: In school, taking tests I always thought, "Hey, this is easy." I always felt sorry for other people taking the tests because they were all like ^M00:00:48 [ Audio Error ] ^M00:01:01
>> Gates invited us to his hometown of Seattle. One of our first stops was a favorite restaurant, this hamburger joint called Dick's.
>> Bill Gates: Uh, I'll have a deluxe cheese February and a large Coke.
>> Large cheese fry, large Coke. That will be all for you, sir.
>> Bill Gates: And then whatever he wants.
>> Oh, I've got to pay for this, come on.
>> Over the years, Bill Gates has been called many things, but no one has ever called him stupid.
>> Everybody that I've talked to talk about, you know, the smartest guy they know. Now, that has always been true, I mean, in the sense that you were the smartest guy in the room.
>> Bill Gates: In school, taking tests I always thought, "Hey, this is easy." I always felt sorry for other people taking the tests because they were like, they were designed for me, not designed for anybody else. Many times - I can't hear.
>> Say what?
>> Bill Gates: What did you say?
>> I can't hear neither.
>> Bill Gates: Can you spare some change?
>> Oh, OK, spare some change. ^M00:02:08 [ Music ]
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