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" Safety is number one at Uber... so we make sure the system is in place so riders get the safest ride possible. "

Travis Kalanick

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" I think Uber is just very different; there's no model to copy. It may be the reason why we've been a lightning rod in so many ways, because we don't do anything conventional... And then I think also, as an entrepreneur, I'm a bit of a lone wolf. "

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" I'm an engineer by trade, and what engineers do is they go and build, and they don't think a lot about storytelling. "

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" If you are focused on profits right out of the gate, you're gonna have the smallest profitable business that has ever been seen. "

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" I spent a disproportionate amount of my time in a car in L.A. I'm 35 years old. If you add up the hours spent in cars, it would be years. "

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" I used to be a computer engineer, and I can make really good code, and we can make systems that work really well, and we can make the application a great experience, but when you have to translate bits to atoms, you need folks who are used to working with city governments, with state governments, and so I like to say we're in a political campaign. "

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" Acknowledging mistakes and learning from them are the first steps. "

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" In order to keep the love going, you want to keep it fun. "

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" You have to be willing to stand up for what you believe in, and the rule of law is one of those things. "

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" I wake up in the morning with a list of problems, and I go solve them. "

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" Immigration and openness to refugees is an important part of our country's success and, quite honestly, to Uber's. "

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" I talk a lot about justice. I'm about it. I'm also about civil disobedience. "

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" If there was a mobility service that's cheaper than owning a car, more reliable, and you get to sit in the back seat instead of being stressed out in the front seat, why would you own a car? "

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" The ability for somebody to put their arm out and get a taxi is fundamentally different then having a 10-minute pickup time. It just is. "

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" At Uber, we say, 'Always be hustling.' Even if you are an introvert and you haven't got hustle in you, you better get a co-founder who does. And if you haven't got enough hustle to find a co-founder who's got hustle, it's going to be tough. You've got to have a little hustle in you. "

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" I know about traffic. "

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" Limos, from the beginning of time, they know who they're picking up, they usually have a credit card on file, they know where the pickup location is, and so there's essentially a prearrangement of sorts, and, of course, the limo customer knows the driver, knows the company, knows the rates. All we've done is make it more accessible. "

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" Uber riders are the most affluent, influential people in their cities. "

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" I don't believe that you can make decisions on anything without having all of the details. "

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" We want transportation as reliable as running water. "

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" Competition is good. "

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" If you get stuck too much with the way you want the world to be, you will find that the world passes you by. "

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" I have been trying to understand the regulators. "

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" I prefer building rather than fundraising. "

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" In China, the government is involved in business in many different ways. They're involved in media and business. When you go to China, you have to rethink how you're doing everything. You have to become Chinese. "

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" I'm a natural-born trust-buster. "

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" Millennials aren't buying cars anymore. They don't want to drive. They don't want to own these cars. They don't want that inconvenience. "

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" I've been an entrepreneur since I was 18. I started a company with a bunch of buddies that got funded in my senior year, and that's when I finished school. It was called Scour, a peer-to-peer service, file-sharing. "

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" You want supply to always be full, and you use price to basically either bring more supply on or get more supply off, or get more demand in the system or get some demand out. "

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" It was a privilege to meet Rev. Jackson, and I learned a tremendous amount from his insight. "

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" What I like to say when you get into something that feels like a bubble or, at least, feels irrational is that you still want to build a company that has a strong discipline, business-building culture. "

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