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Eric Schmidt
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 27
Art Collector
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Computer Scientist
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Washington
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Eric E. Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidt
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We have an opportunity for everyone in the world to have access to all the world's information. This has never before been possible. Why is ubiquitous information so profound? It's a tremendous equalizer. Information is power.
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Ultimately, in the Internet, openness has always won. I cannot imagine that the current competitive environment would reverse that.
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Just remember when you post something, the computers remember forever.
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We run the company by questions, not by answers.
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One of the unintended negative consequences of online advertising has been the loss of value in traditional classifieds. It's simply quicker, simply easier for an end user who's online, on a broadband connection, to look things up and to figure out what they want to buy.
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Silicon Valley's involvement with Washington dates from one event, which was John Scully - who was the CEO of Apple - had dinner with President Clinton and Vice President Gore in 1993. And we're all going, like, 'What's going on? Why would we have dinner with the president?'
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In many countries adult pornography legislation is an attempt to legislate something else.
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I'm able to bring business expertise but, more importantly, operating experience. The people here at Google are young. Every day there are lots of new challenges. I keep things focused. The speech I give everyday is: This is what we do. Is what you are doing consistent with that, and does it change the world?
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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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For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, I'll figure it out.
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We want to make sure the thing you're looking for is on Google 100 percent of the time.
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The thing that people seem to miss about not just Google, but also our competitors, Yahoo, eBay and so forth, is that there's an awful lot of communities that have never been served by traditional media.
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Google is very much a not-invented-here, build-it-ourselves culture.
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Technology is always evolving, and companies.. not just search companies.. can't be afraid to take advantage of change.
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The trend has been mobile was winning. It's now won.
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I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next.
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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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