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" We have nothing but gratitude for the opportunity we have had here, and any other response would be ridiculous, irresponsible and a lie. It is that simple. I owe China; China doesn't owe me. "

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" If you run a business, if you are responsible for a lot of people, you come to grips with the reality that you have to have discipline. You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the employees. So, therefore, you can't be wasteful. You can't squander things, or you jeopardize other people. "

Steve Wynn

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People

Discipline

" A lot of places in Las Vegas are big boxes of stuff. The hotels I've built have had, for lack of a better term, a soul. "

" When you hear a politician say 'fair share,' you are talking about hypocritical political propaganda. You are not talking about an intelligent discussion of who is paying what and who isn't paying taxes. "

" Did we not all grow up saying we had to have four glasses of whole milk a day for healthy bones? It's ridiculous. It's liquid cholesterol. "

Steve Wynn

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Glasses

" Money is a way of expressing no compromise. "

" Nobody likes being around poor people, especially poor people. "

" No one has any idea what's next... the uncertainty of the business climate in America is frightening, frightening to everybody, and it's delaying the recovery. "

" Keep it simple. Tell the truth. People can smell the truth. "

" I had an excellent Ivy League education, and it gave me a long view of things. "

Steve Wynn

View

Long

" I love being part of the Chinese scene as a businessman. That doesn't mean that there aren't short-term discomforts and adjustments. "

" Other people's successes are good news - for them and for you. Good for you because they show you a way to go. "

" You watch television and see what's going on on this debt ceiling issue. And what I consider to be a total lack of leadership from the President and nothing's going to get fixed until the President himself steps up and wrangles both parties in Congress. "

" This generation... they have a different attitude. Instead of sitting and watching something, they want to be a part of it - they're very hedonistic and sensual. "

" I think, generally, the folks from mainland China have more positive feelings about the government here in many cases than the average Americans feel about their government. "

" I can't stand the idea of being demagogued: that is, put down by a president who has never created any jobs and who doesn't even understand how the economy works. "

" Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody. "

" I am a self-made brat. "

Steve Wynn

Self-Made

Brat

" My father died during open-heart surgery on March 29 of my senior year in college. I was getting set to go to law school. I remember sitting in the waiting room when the doctor walked in. I said to myself, The worst possible thing just happened. What will you do? "

" Getting things straight in your head is a major achievement because there's so much clutter out there. You've got to push aside the static to really hear the music. "

" I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net. "

" Change is not threatening. "

Steve Wynn

Threatening

Change

" Someone who will take responsibility for the real welfare of the American people, to be honest with them. I'd like to have that adult in the room. "

" The pent-up demand for the good life in China is extraordinary. "

" My organization, my colleagues and I, are paid to run hotels in good times and fair times. We're professionals. That's what we do. I don't give a damn about the short-term market implications. "

" The guy keeps making speeches about redistribution and maybe we ought to do something to businesses that don't invest, their holding too much money. We haven't heard that kind of talk except from pure socialists. Everybody's afraid of the government and there's no need soft peddling it, it's the truth. It is the truth. "

" And those of us who have business opportunities and the capital to do it are going to sit in fear of the President. And a lot of people don't want to say that. They'll say, God, don't be attacking Obama. Well, this is Obama's deal and it's Obama that's responsible for this fear in America. "

" What excites me the most is working on new projects. "

Steve Wynn

Most

New

" Most people I know that are successful have a few things in common that are undeniable: driving ambition, and they have applied that to something they're good at, that they love doing... and they are fun to be around, especially when they're talking about their passion. "

" Managing China is a daunting task, and they've got smart people doing it. "

" It's very difficult for the middle class in America to keep up because of the inflationary pressure and the devaluation of the dollar. "