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" I am so focused on the fact that the conversation doesn't address any of the things I think are important. I think our political dialogue in America is distorted and completely off track. "
Steve Wynn
Think
America
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" Other people's successes are good news - for them and for you. Good for you because they show you a way to go. "
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" The greatest thing that ever happened to me in my life was being allowed to do business in Macau and in China. I love it here. It has been the greatest single event in my commercial career. Period. "
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