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" Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there. "
Jack Ma
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" Helping doing business easier, we choose the name Alibaba because it is a global company. It is founded in China, but it was created for the world. "
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" I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. "
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" Spending money is much more difficult than making money. "
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" Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers. "
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" On privacy issues, it's just like hundreds of years ago when people said, 'I would rather put my money under my pillow than in a bank.' But today, banks know how to protect money much better than you do. Today, we may not have the answers to privacy issues, but I believe our young people will come up with the solutions. "
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" Our focused customers are small business and young people. We did a great job in China. How can we help those young people in India, in Pakistan, in Africa. If they can use in the same ways. "
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" When we started the e-commerce, nobody believed that China would have e-commerce because people believed in 'guang-shi,' face-to-face, and all kinds of network in traditional ways. There's no trust system in China. "
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" I like to play cards. I'm not very good, because I don't want to calculate, I just play by instinct. But I've learned a lot of business philosophy by playing poker. "
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" Trade is a communication of cultures and values. "
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" We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes. "
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" People think, 'Jack, you do too much.' "
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" I don't shop online, but my wife buys everything at home. We buy sea crabs, fresh crabs, all kinds of things. "
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" The world is getting so small. Young people are mobile; they want to travel around the world. When you travel around the world, you exchange culture, you want to make friends, you want to exchange things. "
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" Our philosophy is, using internet technology, we can make every company become Amazon. "
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" If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future. "
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" I think young generation is always better than last generation. No matter you like it or don't like it. My father said, 'Jack, I'm so good, you'll never be' - but I'm better than him. My father is better than my grandfather. My children will be better than us. "
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" IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go? "
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" Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world. "
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" The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy. "
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" When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result. "
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" My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache. "
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" I'm just a purist. What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result. "
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" I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation. "
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