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Anthony Kennedy
Supreme Court of the United States
Anthony Kennedy: In a way, I was a little ahead of the curve because of my experience with my father and being basically a law clerk in his chambers. So, I was a little ahead of the curve in that respect. I think it's a mistake to go on the appellate bench too young, and I might have been too young, because it's very important that you bring to each case a new energy, a new commitment, because what you do is very important to the litigants, and so I was very careful to watch myself for the signs of burnout or disinterest. And so, I've always taught, and I continue to teach, which I thought was important to do. But, as I said, I wanted to be a trial judge. Watergate had come along; they weren't making new trial judges, and there was an opening in the Court of Appeals. And then Governor Reagan asked if I would like to be considered for that, and I thought, "Well, you know, the merry-go-round goes around, and there's an empty horse, and if you don't get on it, the next time it goes around somebody is on the horse." So, I thought maybe I should take this opportunity.
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Jeong Kim
President of Bell Labs
I spent all my time building my own computer, designing and building. And then, in the process, I learned through my faculty advisor that there was this new start-up company called Digitus. It was started by a guy who just created it from Johns Hopkins, and a professor, and a couple of other people. And, I joined that company and became a part owner right away and became a partner because at that point in time the computer was all new, and the fact that I was young didn't really matter. I'm a reasonably quick learner, and I had enough patience to become an engineer and contribute positively. So, I worked as a design engineer. That company did extremely well.
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Jeong Kim
President of Bell Labs
You cannot build a business thinking about somebody's going to buy it. You have to think in terms of creating value. Again, like I said, you've got to take one step at a time, especially if you are a small company. You know, you can think too far long-term and you can starve to death. So, you have to think about one step at a time and creating the value. And, if the value gets created that is worthwhile for somebody else, they will make an offer and therefore your options are open.
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James V. Kimsey
Founding Chairman,
America Online
America Online has created a new medium. And we -- deliberately at the outset, because we were not sure what technologies would prevail -- did it in a very modular way. So, we don't care what the pipes are to get to the consumer, whether they're wireless, whether they're ISDN, whether they're cable, whether they're twisted pair. We've been premature in our anticipation of consumer behavior habits. We put a lot of resources into the Newton, thinking that a lot of people were going to carry those things around with them, and you haven't heard or seen a Newton in a long time.
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