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" Starbucks is committed to evolving and enhancing our customer experience with innovative and wholesome food offerings. "

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" I never took classic business classes in college, so I don't have the background that any of the people running large companies have. "

" Starbucks has a role and a meaningful relationship with people that is not only about the coffee. "

" 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. "

" My kids probably started drinking coffee in their late teens. "

" 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.' "

" It's ironic that no matter where I go, I meet people from Brooklyn. I'm proud of that heritage. It's where I'm from, who I am. "

" Business leaders cannot be bystanders. "

Business Leaders

" China traditionally has been a tea-drinking country but we turned them into coffee drinkers. "

" I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it. "

" Care more than others think wise. "

" Do I take criticism of Starbucks personally? Of course I do. "

" Customers have different need states and life experiences. "

Life Experiences

" Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy. "

" 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. "

" We are witnessing a seismic change in consumer behavior. That change is being brought about by technology and the access people have to information. "

" Any business today that embraces the status quo as an operating principle is going to be on a death march. "

" 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. "

" I love being the underdog. "

" We need to reinvent food at Starbucks. Less could be more. "

" There's this myth that has been exacerbated by others that Starbucks means a $4 cup of coffee, which is not true. "

" Success is best when it's shared. "

" As Americans, there are very few things we have confidence in. "

" It's different when you're trying to turn something around, especially something that you built, at a time when so many constituents - the media, Wall Street, competitors, ex-employees - are all saying that Starbucks's best days are behind it, and that Schultz is never going to be able to bring it back. "

" Most business people today are not going to invest in the uncertainty that exists in America. "

" The challenge of the retail business is the human condition. "

" I tried to build a company my father would have been proud to work for, that he would have looked back on and said, 'That's the company that honoured me, even though I don't have an education'. I wanted to build a company that had a conscience. "

" Risk more than others think safe. "

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

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

" 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. "