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" If you live in the States, you see the windmill signal on your smartphone all the time. It's like living in Beijing air. You have to remember the blue sky. "
Masayoshi Son
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" In Internet in general, there are security, privacy, and many other issues. "
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" I'm the king of debt. "
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" My original intent for investing into Sprint - the main strategy was to buy Sprint and T-Mobile at the same time, so we'd have a critical mass to fight against AT&T and Verizon. The U.S. government didn't accept that. They rejected it. So my fundamental strategy was broken. "
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" The pension system ties you to companies much longer in Japan. "
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" Softbank has always been a service firm, and with the Internet, services became the center of the technology industry. "
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" The autonomous car is definitely coming, and when that stage comes, this ride-share business becomes even more important. "
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