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Steve Jobs
Age: 56 †
Born: 1955
Born: February 24
Died: 2011
Died: October 5
Computer Scientist
Designer
Engineer
Entrepreneur
Executive Producer
Film Producer
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San Francisco County
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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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One of my beliefs very strongly is that any democracy depends on a free, healthy press.
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Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
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Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.
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But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but in reality, I think Apple should be the Apple of this business.
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There's nothing that makes my day more than getting an e-mail from some random person in the universe who just bought an iPad over in the UK and tells me the story about how it's the coolest product they've ever brought home in their lives. That's what keeps me going.
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You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers.
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I thought deeply about this. I ended up concluding that the worst thing that could possibly happen as we get big and as we get a little more influence in the world is if we change our core values and start letting it slide, I can't do that. I'd rather quit.
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The axis today is not liberal and conservative, the axis is constructive-destructive.
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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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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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The most important thing is a person. A person who incites your curiosity and feeds your curiosity and machines cannot do that in the same way that people can.
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Somewhere between the janitor and the CEO, reasons stop mattering.
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I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I'm only 30 years old and I want to have a chance to continue creating things. I know I've got at least one more great computer in me. And Apple is not going to give me a chance to do that.
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When you’re in a startup, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not.
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Do not try to do everything. Do one thing well.
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A computer is the most incredible tool we've ever seen. It can be a writing tool, a communications center, a supercalculator, a planner, a filer and an artistic instrument all in one, just by being given new instructions, or software, to work from. There are no other tools that have the power and versatility of a computer.
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You can tell a lot about a person by who his or her heroes are.
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We live in an information economy. The problem is that information's usually impossible to get, at least in the right place, at the right time.
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Make it like a sunflower.
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