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I think that, ah, I'm a very goofy sort of person in many ways.

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Jeff Bezos
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 12
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When [competitors are] in the shower in the morning, they're thinking about how they're going to get ahead of one of their top competitors. Here in the shower, we're thinking about how we are going to invent something on behalf of a customer.
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If you look at academic studies, you can see that stock prices are most closely correlated with cash flow. It's such a straightforward number. Cash flow is what will drive shareholder returns.
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You don't chose your passion, your passion choses you
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Your brand is what people say about you when you're not in the room
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One of the things that gets me up in the morning is knowing that customer expectations are always rising, and I find that very exciting.
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What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy - they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.
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Seek instant gratification - or the elusive promise of it - and chances are you'll find a crowd there ahead of you.
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Percentage margins are not one of the things we are seeking to optimize. It’s the absolute dollar free cash flow per share that you want to maximize, and if you can do that by lowering margins, we would do that. So if you could take the free cash flow, that’s something that investors can spend. Investors can’t spend percentage margins.
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If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.
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I have a strongly held belief that one of the reasons that Amazon has been successful is because we do not obsess over competitors. Instead we obsess over customers.
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Do something you're very passionate about, and don't try to chase what is kind of the hot passion of the day.
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We are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet.
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We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent.
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What characteristics do I look for when hiring somebody? That's one of the questions I ask when interviewing. I want to know what kind of people they would hire.
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To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.
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Part of company culture is path-dependent. It’s the lessons you learn along the way.
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It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you're in boom times.
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Our biggest cost is not power, or servers, or people. It's lack of utilization. It dominates all other costs.
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I definitely believe people should pay for copyrighted works. And the laws are sufficient: They already require you to pay for copyright work. There's no confusion. The problem is...it's a heck of a lot easier to steal MP3s than to buy them.
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Go to bed early and wake up early. The morning hours are good.
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