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" I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not watch it. I think, let the market take care of themselves; we should take care of the business. "

Jack Ma

Dare

Care

Business

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" I'm just a purist. What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result. "

" I respect Apple. It's a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time. "

" I think young generation is always better than last generation. No matter you like it or don't like it. My father said, 'Jack, I'm so good, you'll never be' - but I'm better than him. My father is better than my grandfather. My children will be better than us. "

" I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important. "

" I got my story, my dream, from America. The hero I had is Forrest Gump... I like that guy. I've been watching that movie about 10 times. Every time I get frustrated, I watch the movie. I watched the movie before I came here again to New York. I watched the movie again telling me that no matter whatever changed, you are you. "

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Time

New York

" Our philosophy is, using internet technology, we can make every company become Amazon. "

" Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States? "

Jack Ma

Money

United States

" When we first started our internet company, 'China Pages', in 1995, and we were just making home pages for a lot of Chinese companies. We went to the big owners, the big companies, and they didn't want to do it. We go to state-owned companies, and they didn't want to do it. Only the small and medium companies really want to do it. "

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Company

Want

" You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die. "

" I want to stress the importance of being fair to our readers. You should not impose your own view and prejudice on the readers and try to lead them to a conclusion. As a reader, I understand what a fair report is. "

" I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to help more people have jobs. "

" I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes.' We expanded too fast, and then in the dot-com bubble, we had to have layoffs. By 2002, we had only enough cash to survive for 18 months. We had a lot of free members using our site, and we didn't know how we'd make money. So we developed a product for China exporters to meet U.S. buyers online. This model saved us. "

" Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers. "

" You American people worry too much about the China economy. Every time you think China is a problem, we get better, but when you have a high expectation for China, China is always a problem. "

" When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month. "

" I don't think I'm a workaholic. Every weekend, I invite my colleagues and friends to my home to play cards. And people, my neighbors, are always surprised because I live on the second floor apartment, and there are usually 40 pairs of shoes in front of my gate, and people play cards inside and play chess. We have a lot of fun. "

" Spending money is much more difficult than making money. "

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Difficult

Making Money

" I believe always you should have a philanthropic heart inside but business way. Because you have to get things done. That is what scientists tell us how to do properly. Business should tell us how to get things done efficiently. And government should have the good environment and the foundations of researching. "

" I think U.S. and Chinese businesses need a common language and dialogue. "

" Helping doing business easier, we choose the name Alibaba because it is a global company. It is founded in China, but it was created for the world. "

" There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted. "

" Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. "

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Today

Sunshine

" I know nothing about technology. "

" On privacy issues, it's just like hundreds of years ago when people said, 'I would rather put my money under my pillow than in a bank.' But today, banks know how to protect money much better than you do. Today, we may not have the answers to privacy issues, but I believe our young people will come up with the solutions. "