American - Businessman | January 27, 1942 -
If you don't have a voice that forces you back to basics, you're a dangerous person. Or, to put it another way, you're at risk, and the people with you are at risk.
Steve Wynn
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I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.
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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.
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Posturing is counterproductive. Posturing only works if things are screwed up.
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I went public in 2002 in America, and do you know what Wall Street valued my concession in Macau at? Zero.
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The greatest thing that ever happened to me in my life was being allowed to do business in Macau and in China. I love it here. It has been the greatest single event in my commercial career. Period.
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Capital structure isn't an eyeshade economic thing: It's about your ability to protect your workforce and your service levels.
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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.
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Managing China is a daunting task, and they've got smart people doing it.
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Remember that the Communist Party is a meritocracy in China.
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I love being part of the Chinese scene as a businessman. That doesn't mean that there aren't short-term discomforts and adjustments.
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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.
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