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The Internet is really about highly specialized information, highly specialized targeting.

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Eric Schmidt
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 27
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If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
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If you're going to make a law, make a law that actually works. It's extraordinarily difficult.
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