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Walter Isaacson
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: May 20
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Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.
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There are parts of his life and personality that are extremely messy, and that's the truth
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If you act like you can do something, then it will work.
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Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are.
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Not playing by the rules, not seeing things conventionally, that's the heart of who he [ Steve Jobs] is, and he does it in small ways of everyday rebellion just almost to assert who he is, like not putting a license plate on his car.
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