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" Casino gambling is colorful and dramatic and theatrical. "
Steve Wynn
Dramatic
Gambling
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" Posturing is counterproductive. Posturing only works if things are screwed up. "
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" We're on our way to Greece, in the hands of a confused, foolish government. It's got to stop. It's got to stop. "
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" The government of Macau, of China, has been empirical and pragmatic and has brought hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, a feat unequaled in the history of civilization in any country. "
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" Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody. "
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" We have nothing but gratitude for the opportunity we have had here, and any other response would be ridiculous, irresponsible and a lie. It is that simple. I owe China; China doesn't owe me. "
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" A lot of places in Las Vegas are big boxes of stuff. The hotels I've built have had, for lack of a better term, a soul. "
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" I'll trade glib for common sense any day. "
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" Change is not threatening. "
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" I think, generally, the folks from mainland China have more positive feelings about the government here in many cases than the average Americans feel about their government. "
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" The pent-up demand for the good life in China is extraordinary. "
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" You watch television and see what's going on on this debt ceiling issue. And what I consider to be a total lack of leadership from the President and nothing's going to get fixed until the President himself steps up and wrangles both parties in Congress. "
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Nothing
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" I am a self-made brat. "
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" This is what you need to do in a luxury business: look for people who will like being there every day. "
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Day
Business
" Guys like me are job creators, and we don't like having a bulls-eye painted on our back. "
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" People that create jobs create tax payers, which benefits society as a whole. "
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Society
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" Nevada Energy doesn't lose money. The gaming industry loses money. It employs all the people. It pays all the taxes. And if you take the P&L, the profit and loss, of the hotels in Las Vegas and Reno, it is a number that is minus, not plus, minus. "
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People
Energy
" I've become an animal rights activist. "
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Become
" And those of us who have business opportunities and the capital to do it are going to sit in fear of the President. And a lot of people don't want to say that. They'll say, God, don't be attacking Obama. Well, this is Obama's deal and it's Obama that's responsible for this fear in America. "
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God
America
Business
" I don't want any more concentration camps for animals that are cruelly treated, force-fed to fatten themselves up for our consumption. "
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Up
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Animals
" I believe in Las Vegas. I think its best days are ahead of it. But I'm afraid to do anything in the current political environment in the United States. "
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Best
Vegas
" Nobody likes being around poor people, especially poor people. "
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Poor People
Nobody
People
" Keep it simple. Tell the truth. People can smell the truth. "
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Simple
Truth
Keep
" Capital structure isn't an eyeshade economic thing: It's about your ability to protect your workforce and your service levels. "
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Structure
Ability
Protect
" I had an excellent Ivy League education, and it gave me a long view of things. "
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View
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Me
" Remember that the Communist Party is a meritocracy in China. "
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Party
" If you don't have a voice that forces you back to basics, you're a dangerous person. Or to put it another way: You're at risk, and the people with you are at risk. I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net. "
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" Money doesn't make people happy. People make people happy. "
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" I love being part of the Chinese scene as a businessman. That doesn't mean that there aren't short-term discomforts and adjustments. "
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" I had a disc giving me a lot of trouble, and I had four surgeries. Then I had a staph infection, so they had to open me up five times in four months... It was in the bottom of my back, the same incision. They should have put a zipper on it. "
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Back
" It's very difficult to explain to a normal working citizen the implications of what $18 trillion in debt means and what it means when the Federal Reserve buys the U.S. Treasury bonds to finance our loss every month. "
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