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" Often, organizations need bold, grand gestures to galvanize people towards a new mission or refocus their attention. "

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" I think what we're lacking in society, not only in the U.S. but also around the world, is to find heroes once again and to celebrate these kind of people. "

" I think people will walk into the Starbucks store and overnight recognize the significant difference between what Starbucks represents day-in and day-out and all the other coffee companies that have been serving coffee in India for so many years. "

" I always saw myself wanting to do something deemed successful and good at the same time. "

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

" My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life. "

" Business leaders cannot be bystanders. "

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" 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. "

" Expect more than others think possible. "

" I think the most important thing that I think everyone in America must have is belief that wherever they live, whatever station they have in life, that the American dream is alive and well. I think the fracturing of trust and confidence is in the American dream. "

" I think my whole life, because of where I came from, I had a fear of failure. "

" We think of Starbucks not as a coffee company but a media company. "

" Don't buy preground coffee. "

" I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community. "

" Success is best when it's shared. "

" Pouring espresso is an art, one that requires the barista to care about the quality of the beverage. "

" California, in a sense, is almost Starbucks' largest country, with almost 3,000 stores. "

" Managing a business, small or large, today requires an extremely disciplined, thoughtful approach with regard to the pressure that people are under. "

" I'm in a different position than most CEO's. I'm a founder. I'm not a hired CEO. Now, I can be fired by the board, but most CEO's are hired by the board. "

" The future of America is not an entitlement. We have been given a treasure chest of gifts and opportunities, but some people are being left behind, and success is not sustainable unless it is shared. "

" Anybody can leverage celebrity for profit. "

" I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision. "

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

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

" Growing up I always felt like I was living on the other side of the tracks. I knew the people on the other side had more resources, more money, happier families. "

" At an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that. "

" America's leaders need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans. "

" In the 1960s, if you were a blue collar worker or uneducated, and you had an injury on the job, the company basically dismissed you. "

" What I would say to young entrepreneurs is there's so many moments in your life where you have these dreams, and people are trying to protect you, and they say, perhaps, friends, family, parents sometimes, they don't agree with it, they think, 'This is just too high of a hurdle.' And I don't agree with that. "

" I love being the underdog. "

" Risk more than others think safe. "