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I think growth covers up mistakes.

Howard Schultz

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Howard Schultz
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 19
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Brooklyn
New York
Howard D. Schultz
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My biggest concern is that America is drifting towards mediocrity and that people don't recognize - and by people I'm meaning Washington - don't recognize the sense of urgency and the fact that I don't think this is a crisis anymore. I think it's an emergency.
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Business leaders cannot be bystanders.
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Most business people today are not going to invest in the uncertainty that exists in America.
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We think of Starbucks not as a coffee company but a media company.
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Europe has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand.
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People in Washington need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.
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My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.
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On balance, I am a supporter of the minimum wage going up. We've got to be very careful what we wish for because some employers - and there could be a lot of them - will be scared away from hiring new people or creating incremental hours for part-time people as a result of that wage going up.
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Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.
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I think that sometimes the difference between winning and losing, success and failure, is this gray line between will, passion and self-belief that says, 'I'm going to do this'.
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Early on I realized that I had to hire people smarter and more qualified than I was in a number of different fields, and I had to let go of a lot of decision-making. I can't tell you how hard that is. But if you've imprinted your values on the people around you, you can dare to trust them to make the right moves.
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We can't wait for Washington. Business leaders are going to have to galvanize their own constituencies and do everything they can to demonstrate confidence in the economy, and I think that can be contagious.
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Sports was a great equalizer. It didn't have color. It didn't matter whether you were rich or poor, black or white. It really shaped me in many ways to be able to deal with a lot of different personalities and different cultures. Sports were the common thread.
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Starbucks represents something beyond a cup of coffee.
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Believe in your dreams and dream big. And then after youve done that, dream bigger.
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Everyone must have a shot at the American Dream.
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