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" What's the most fetching thing that provokes people? A volcano? Fountains that dance? A pirate ship that sinks? Some other animated device or presentation? Is that as strong as mystery? Allure, intrigue, is much more powerful... It taunts you. "

Steve Wynn

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" We recruit our people for personality. We look for the people person, with innate warmth, sweetness, and intelligence. These are the people who are sending your message out to the customers and potential customers, so we recruit for personality first and foremost. "

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" Remember that the Communist Party is a meritocracy in China. "

" Posturing is counterproductive. Posturing only works if things are screwed up. "

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" 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 went public in 2002 in America, and do you know what Wall Street valued my concession in Macau at? Zero. "

" You can't discuss Macau in any logical conversation. It will distort any reality. "

" I've become an animal rights activist. "

" In the last 680 million years of the four and a half billion that this planet has existed, life has been determined by two principal forces: the warmth and the diffused energy of the sunlight coming through our atmosphere, and water. Those are the primordial forces of life - sunlight and water. "

" I thrive in competitive environments. I've never been in a monopoly. "

" 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. "

" Donald calls me and asks me what I think. Very often I will answer him, but Donald Trump is his own adviser. He is his own campaign manager. "

Steve Wynn

Donald Trump

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" What we know about the destination resort business is clearly established. But it's all about one thing, and one thing only. All of the razzmatazz and jazz we hear about facilities and everything else doesn't amount to a hill of beans. It's customer experience that determines the longevity and endurance of these enterprises. "

" I always wanted to meet Nelson Mandela, and I have friends who knew him, but I didn't get to meet Mandela. I always thought he was a spectacular character. "

" I believe in Las Vegas. I think its best days are ahead of it. But I'm afraid to do anything in the current political environment in the United States. "

" Rich people only like being around rich people. "

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" This office is smaller than the last one I had. I'm not trying to impress people. I want to be close to them. "

" We never know what the Street is going to do with the funky trading. "

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

" The government of Macau, of China, has been empirical and pragmatic and has brought hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, a feat unequaled in the history of civilization in any country. "

" I'll trade glib for common sense any day. "

" In business or in life, focus on the things over which you do have some control. And don't fret about all the other problems. Most of the time, they don't come true anyway! "

" People that create jobs create tax payers, which benefits society as a whole. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "