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Often, organizations need bold, grand gestures to galvanize people towards a new mission or refocus their attention.

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Howard Schultz
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 19
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Howard D. Schultz
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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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Anybody can leverage celebrity for profit.
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I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.
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People in Washington need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.
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I never took classic business classes in college, so I don't have the background that any of the people running large companies have.
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I think Starbucks created a platform and, ultimately, a runway for many other companies to emulate. I suspect if we had not achieved what we have, there would have been many regional brands that would have succeeded. But I'm not sure there would have been a national brand of the scope of Starbucks.
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I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.
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Don't buy preground coffee.
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Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.
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When we began Starbucks, what I wanted to try to do was to create a set of values, guiding principles, and culture.
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In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity or you can pick yourself up and say listen, I have to be responsible for myself.
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Most business people today are not going to invest in the uncertainty that exists in America.
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You walk into a retail store, whatever it is, and if there's a sense of entertainment and excitement and electricity, you wanna be there.
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While their service is ending, our responsibility is just beginning!
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