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" I go to these cocktail parties now, and I say I make video games, and people go, 'Wow.' I can attract crowds. "
Robert Kotick
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" Very early on, when I was in my twenties, Steve Jobs convinced me to quit college. He talked to me after I had spent about a year in Michigan studying the history of art. "
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" Veterans Day is a time to reflect and renew our commitment to ensure our military heroes have the tools to reintegrate successfully back to civilian life. "
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" I think Steve Wynn, who was like my mentor and a second father, has been a great inspiration. He's a great mentor because he's a guy who's had great business success but also has always been driven by creativity - and inspired creativity. "
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" The video game business is primarily a male-oriented business. And I have three girls. And you see the things that are important to them in their game experiences are the social interaction. They love the ability to chat with their friends. They love the ability to have some connection online with other people. "
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" It's very easy to criticize the CEO of the market leader. "
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" All my life, I've been the rebel in the X-wing fighter, and then one morning, I woke up, and I was on board the Death Star. "
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" Don't focus on reaching the C-Suite. Focus on doing great work and serving your customers and community. That's how you can find the right opportunities and get the skills and experience to get to the top in your career. "
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" I'm not really a music person. "
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" When employees can bring their full selves to work, we get the full benefit of all their perspectives and experiences. "
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" The ways that you innovate within a franchise are not inconsistent with the ways that you create new franchises. "
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" The social element has really transformed the gaming experience. "
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" It's about really being considerate of the culture in the game studios that Activision buys. That's the biggest difference between us and any of our competitors. "
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" I think the reason why video games are more popular as entertainment in difficult economies is that the cost per hour of video games is lower than any other form of entertainment. "
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" I think running Apple is a great job, but it suits Steve Jobs so well. I wouldn't want to be the person that ran Apple after Steve, but he has a great job. "
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" To allow our audiences to watch more professionally produced video content, we acquired Major League Gaming - MLG - and we expect MLG to become the 'ESPN of Videogames' with a focus on the celebration of gamers, both amateur and professionals. "
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" I've been very, very lucky because I've had so many great mentors. "
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" Most people play games alone, against the machine. But if you're playing against a real person, it's going to be that much more fun. "
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" I really like video games, and that passion has never really gone away. "
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