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You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities.

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Steve Case
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 21
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Chief Executive Officer
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Honolulu
Hawaii
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I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A's.
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