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" America's leaders need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans. "

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" On balance, I am a supporter of the minimum wage going up. We've got to be very careful what we wish for because some employers - and there could be a lot of them - will be scared away from hiring new people or creating incremental hours for part-time people as a result of that wage going up. "

" I've traveled around the world, and what's so revealing is that, despite the differences in culture, politics, language, how people dress, there is a universal feeling that we all want the same thing. We deeply want to be respected and appreciated for our differences. "

" I probably have about four or five cups of coffee a day. I make myself an espresso macchiato when I wake, which is a shot of espresso and just a dollop of steamed milk. Then, if I'm going to do some work at home, I would make myself a French press. It's the best way to make conventional coffee. "

" China traditionally has been a tea-drinking country but we turned them into coffee drinkers. "

" The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability... When the leader demonstrates vulnerability and sensibility and brings people together, the team wins. "

" My kids probably started drinking coffee in their late teens. "

" I can't imagine a day without coffee. I can't imagine! "

" The challenge of the retail business is the human condition. "

" Beverages have to be created. And they're created by looking at what trend is in, say, the fashion industry - what color's hot right now. "

" The lifeblood of job creation in America is small business, but they can't get access to credit. "

" There's an energy and excitement when you're building a company. You have so much tail wind. You're planting new seeds. But it's also scary, because there's no safety net. "

" I'm not as interested in what you make as I am in what you're passionate about. What business are you really in? "

" Everyone must have a shot at the American Dream. "

" I'm not losing any sleep over Dunkin Donuts. "

" 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. "

" People have come to me over the years and said to me: 'I admire the culture of Starbucks. Can you come give a speech and help us turn our culture around?' I wish it were that easy. Turning a culture around is very difficult to do because it's based on a series of many, many decisions, and the organization is framed by those decisions. "

" We have a big opportunity in China. We think the number of stores here can rival the number in North America. "

" In the 1960s, if you introduced a new product to America, 90% of the people who viewed it for the first time believed in the corporate promise. Then 40 years later if you performed the same exercise, less than 10% of the public believed it was true. The fracturing of trust is based on the fact that the consumer has been let down. "

" I do feel, in a sense, the rules of engagement for citizenship has changed, and we must encourage other people to speak up and to take action. "

" Customers have different need states and life experiences. "

Life Experiences

" The Starbucks customer and the Teavana customer are two very different customers, two different need states that are highly complimentary. "

" I never wanted to be on any billionaires list. I never define myself by net worth. I always try to define myself by my values. "

" 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. "

" California, in a sense, is almost Starbucks' largest country, with almost 3,000 stores. "

" Starbucks has a role and a meaningful relationship with people that is not only about the coffee. "

" For Starbucks, there will be no shortage of the highest-quality arabica beans. I suspect that for some others there could potentially be a problem, not in the near term, but over time. "

" Care more than others think wise. "

" Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way. "

" Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home. "

" With a population of more than 600 million people, an emerging middle class that is driving strong consumption, and a robust and resilient economy, Southeast Asia presents a compelling growth opportunity for Starbucks. "