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" I really believe that you cannot use the stock market as a proxy for the economy. "

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" I've traveled around the world, and what's so revealing is that, despite the differences in culture, politics, language, how people dress, there is a universal feeling that we all want the same thing. We deeply want to be respected and appreciated for our differences. "

" Everyone must have a shot at the American Dream. "

" Starbucks is not an advertiser; people think we are a great marketing company, but in fact we spend very little money on marketing and more money on training our people than advertising. "

" Even though people are under economic pressure, they still want to support those brands with values that are compatible with their own. "

" On balance, I am a supporter of the minimum wage going up. We've got to be very careful what we wish for because some employers - and there could be a lot of them - will be scared away from hiring new people or creating incremental hours for part-time people as a result of that wage going up. "

" Success is best when it's shared. "

" I probably have about four or five cups of coffee a day. I make myself an espresso macchiato when I wake, which is a shot of espresso and just a dollop of steamed milk. Then, if I'm going to do some work at home, I would make myself a French press. It's the best way to make conventional coffee. "

" The growth of the company and the license that Starbucks has is to participate in other food and beverage opportunities. We have a global business... and in many parts of the world, tea is much, much bigger than coffee, and we're going to bring tea and bring our capability and our understanding of what we've done for coffee to tea. "

" Post-9/11, we saw an immediate uptick in the amount of people in our stores, all over the country. People wanted that human connection. We are not going to fracture the Starbucks experience. "

" The Starbucks customer and the Teavana customer are two very different customers, two different need states that are highly complimentary. "

" We sell tea in Starbucks, but I think the experience is very different. I think coffee is something that is quick - it's transactional. I think tea is more Zen-like. It requires a different environment. "

" Dream more than others think practical. "

" We live in an age where everything is based on the short term. "

" Americans reading the paper, listening to the news every single day, and all you hear is things are getting worse and worse. And that has a psychological effect on consumer confidence. That's what consumer confidence is. "

" When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible. "

" My son is trying to be a sports writer, and my daughter is a college student. She wants to be a comedy writer, and she's at film school. I discouraged both of them early on from getting involved in Starbucks. I didn't think it would be fair; plus, they didn't have any interest anyway. "

" I'm much more concerned about America than the Democratic Party. "

" Business leaders cannot be bystanders. "

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" In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.' "

" Starbucks has changed the rules of engagement for the music industry. "

" The lifeblood of job creation in America is small business, but they can't get access to credit. "

" Great companies that build an enduring brand have an emotional relationship with customers that has no barrier. And that emotional relationship is on the most important characteristic, which is trust. "

" When you're building a business or joining a company, you have to be transparent; you can't have two sets of information for two sets of people. "

" In many places where coffee is grown, deforestation is a major issue. "

" The premium single-cup segment is the fastest-growing business within the global coffee industry. "

" Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way. "

" I'm a voracious reader. "

" Starbucks has stores in America in many, many communities that are governed by many, many different municipalities. Starbucks cannot dictate to a municipality in Cincinnati or Kansas City or Sacramento how or why or when there should be a recycling program. "

" I can't imagine a day without coffee. I can't imagine! "

" I was working probably at the age of 10, when I had my first paper route. I had every different kind of job you could possibly imagine as a young kid. "