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YouTube's traffic continues to grow very quickly. Video is something that we think is going to be embedded everywhere. And it makes sense, from Google's perspective, to be the operator of the largest site that contains all that video.

~Eric Schmidt

Topics: Contains Embedded Everywhere Going Google Grow Largest Makes Operator Perspective Quickly Sense Site Something Think Traffic Very Video Youtube

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I had a rule that I had to go to bed before the sun came up. So I used to look up the sunrise times because I thought it would be bad karma to be going to bed as dawn was arriving.

~Eric Schmidt

Topics: Arriving Bad Because Bed Before Came Dawn Go Going Had Karma Look Rule Sun Sunrise Thought Times Up Used Would

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There is a science to managing high tech businesses, and it needs to be respected. One of them is that in technology businesses, leadership is temporary. It's constantly recycling. So the asset has limited lifetime.

~Eric Schmidt

Topics: Asset Businesses Constantly High Leadership Lifetime Limited Managing Needs Recycling Respected Science Tech Technology Temporary Them

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I've never met a person who does not want a safer world, better medical care and education for their children, and peace with their neighbours. I just don't meet those people. What I meet, over and over again, as I travel around, is that the essential human condition is optimistic - in every one of these places.

~Eric Schmidt

Topics: Again Around Better Care Children Condition Does Education Essential Every Human Human Condition Just Medical Medical Care Meet Met Neighbours Never Optimistic Over Peace People Person Places Safer Those Travel Want Who World

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The policy of America to deny visas to technically trained people in the U.S. and shipped to other countries, where they create companies that compete with America, has to be the stupidest policy of all the U.S. government policies.

~Eric Schmidt

Topics: America Companies Compete Countries Create Deny Government Other Other Countries People Policies Policy Shipped Stupidest Technically Trained U.s. Government Where

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Washington - having spent a lot of time there, I grew up there and have spent a lot of time there recently - is largely defined by detailed analytical views and policy choices that are not very good. You know, each policy choice has a winner and a loser, right? Somebody's ox is getting gored.

~Eric Schmidt

Topics: Analytical Choice Choices Defined Detailed Each Getting Good Grew Having Know Largely Loser Lot Ox Policy Recently Right Somebody Spent Time Up Very Views Washington Winner You

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Silicon Valley's involvement with Washington dates from one event, which was John Scully - who was the CEO of Apple - had dinner with President Clinton and Vice President Gore in 1993. And we're all going, like, 'What's going on? Why would we have dinner with the president?'

~Eric Schmidt

Topics: Apple Ceo Clinton Dates Dinner Event Going Gore Had Involvement John Like President President Clinton Silicon Valley Vice Vice President Washington Which Who Why Would

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I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something.

~Eric Schmidt

Topics: Believe Best Best Way Book Down Learn Reading Really Sitting Something Still Way

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Facial recognition, completely unmonitored, can be used for very bad things. It can be used for stalking, for example.

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I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time.

~Eric Schmidt

Topics: Available Believe Everyone Everything Happens Recorded Society Time Understands

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: April 27th, 1955

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