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I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.

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Steve Ballmer
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 24
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Accessible design is good design - it benefits people who don't have disabilities as well as people who do. Accessibility is all about removing barriers and providing the benefits of technology for everyone.
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Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have.
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You get some success. You run into some walls...it's how tenacious you are, how irrepressible, how ultimately optimistic and tenacious you are about it that will determine your success.
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As a global company, our future growth and success requires that we constantly look at ways to improve our ability to serve customers worldwide.
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I think good ideas are usually better done quickly than slowly.
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I have lots of sources of information about what's going on at the company. I think I have a pretty good pulse on where we are and what people are thinking.
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A plane is a guilty pleasure. I have one. It's a great luxury. I appreciate it. I couldn't do what I do. It's not something you can write down as anything other than, Wow, I can't believe I have this and I'm absolutely spoiled and entitled. On the other hand, I have one and I use it.
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