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" The advent of interactive communications has created an inflection point where it's economical to provide education differently than in the past. "

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" I love art; I collect mostly modern art. "

" Cloud computing eliminates capital expenditure, so you can go global very quickly - you don't have to have extensive servers in every country. "

" The Enterprise Value Tax is unprecedented, punitive, and has no justification in the tax code. "

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" I got my first job at a firm called Naess & Thomas. "

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" In times of huge fiscal deficits, no new revenues can be ignored, and renouncing any becomes well nigh politically impossible. "

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" We've done education nonprofit through our history, and maybe the profit motive will be helpful. "

" Like many of my friends and associates, I am a life-long Democrat. We have a rock-solid commitment to supporting the political party that we so strongly believe offers the most promising vision of America: one that recognizes the proper role of government, the importance of compassion, and the value of diversity. "

" I was very early on in taking venture capital abroad: to Europe first, then Asia. "

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" It's actually a pretty basic concept: when businesses feel secure and confident, they are more likely to grow, hire, and invest. Conversely, when the economy is unstable, businesses often become much more risk averse, and in many cases, they're forced to make undesirable cuts that affect their bottom line. "

" I didn't understand the culture and what Starbucks was really about. It wasn't a coffee shop. It was really a way of life... we suffer from thinking that since we have it in New York, or it won't work in New York, that it won't work some other place. That's a discipline we keep trying to improve. "