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Things don't have to change the world to be important.

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Steve Jobs
Age: 56 †
Born: 1955
Born: February 24
Died: 2011
Died: October 5
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Steven Paul Jobs
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I was in the parking lot, with the key in the car, and I thought to myself: If this is my last night on earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman? I ran across the parking lot, asked her if she'd have dinner with me. She said yes, we walked into town, and we've been together ever since.
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Each dream you leave behind is a part of your future that will no longer exist.
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It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.
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Overnight success stories take a long time.
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We just wanted to build the best thing we could build
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Now, we are selling over 5 million songs a day now. Isn't that unbelievable? That's 58 songs every second of every minute of every hour of every day.
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We have never worried about numbers. In the marketplace, Apple is trying to focus the spotlight on products, because products really make a difference. You can't con people in this business. The products speak for themselves.
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Making an enduring company was both harder and more important than making a great product.
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We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future.
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The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of technology and liberal arts, to be able to get the best of both.
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Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
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You can't look at the competition and say you're going to do it better. You have to look at the competition and say you're going to do it differently.
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People don't know what they want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on marketing research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page.
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If you keep your eye on the profit, you’re going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow.
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That's what makes great products. It's not process-it's content.
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I can help the next generation remember the lineage of great companies here and how to continue the tradition. The Valley has been very supportive of me. I should do my best to repay.
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Let's go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.
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Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.
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Innovation is usually the result of connections of past experiences. But if you have the same experiences as everyone else, you are unlikely to look in a different direction.
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We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them.
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