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People say sometimes, You work in the fastest-moving industry in the world. I don't feel that way. I think I work in one of the slowest. It seems to take forever to get anything done.

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Steve Jobs
Age: 56 †
Born: 1955
Born: February 24
Died: 2011
Died: October 5
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