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Five years from now, I don't know how I'll think.

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Larry Ellison
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: August 17
Actor
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The Bronx
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Lawrence Joseph Ellison
Lawrence Ellison
Lawrence J. Ellison
Lawrence Joseph Larry Ellison
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We will still be enormously profitable and by far the most profitable enterprise software company.
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I hate the PC, with a passion.
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I enjoy the competition and the process of learning as we compete. The whole thing is just fascinating. I don't know what I'll do when I retire. When I go sailing, I look around ... anyone want to race? I just love competing as opposed to just going out and watching the sunset.
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I greatly admire GE, their utterly ruthlessly focused management, to get the cost out and get this integration done.’ Okay, we may make a few mistakes along the way but we are not going to waste any time.' They make decisions they are incredibly disciplined and focused.
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