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" I have done a lot of stupid things in my life. "
Xavier Niel
Done
My Life
Lot
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" We have 200,000 kids a year who drop out of the French school system and have no hope. They become a drag on society. "
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" In life, you need a house and a car. After that, you have a choice. "
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" I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune. "
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" Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix. "
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" I'm always investing. I'm constantly in talks with someone about some opportunity. "
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" The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris. "
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" The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?' "
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" A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive. "
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" France has the least social mobility of any developed country. The social elevator no longer works. It's broken. "
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" Personally, I have invested in around ten U.S. companies and will continue to do so. That doesn't give me a strong experience in the American market. But I have an understanding of the public. "
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" It's funny how the smallest things I've done speak the loudest about me, but I like that. "
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Done
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Me
" When you love competition, you don't want the market to consolidate. "
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" Stephane Richard is far more attuned to the market than Didier Lombard. "
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" I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big. "
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" France has a specificity - the market players who provide Internet access are the telecom operators, and all of the players are French. They had a habit of, let's say, getting along with each other, and the prices traditionally were very high. "
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Along
Habit
High
" I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside. "
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Better
France
" I know one business, and that's how to make software. "
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Know
Business
" You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people. "
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People
" I don't like clothes. I don't especially like cars. I have a very nice house. I get sick on a boat. "
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House
Sick
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" Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France. "
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" We need to create an ecosystem which will make young people want to start their own company. "
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People
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" YouTube is a problem. It has very big traffic, but it refuses to contribute to the weight of that traffic. "
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YouTube
Big
" I'd rather people talked about the 1,000 most successful French Internet companies instead of the 5 or 10 faces we already know - including mine. "
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Mine
Successful
Know
" I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour. "
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Once
Said
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" Each week I try to have three lunches with my children, one working lunch, and one lunch with mates. "
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Week
Three
" Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player. "
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" The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent. "
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" France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness. "
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