Steve Jobs Quotes
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
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I have dangerous bones in my body.
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Maybe I'm just a slow learner or something, but I like to have things laid out as plainly and simply as possible.
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I'm very passionate.
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When kids my age were picking up toy cars, I used to buy toy guns.
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All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.
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I feel awed by the mystery of being both so finite and yet so infinite, so much and so little, so conscious and yet, so coincidental.
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At the end of the day, if you are in Aljunied, ask yourself: Do you want one MP, one Non-Constituency MP, one celebrity who has been away 30 years, and two unknowns to look after you? Or would you prefer me and my hand-picked colleagues?
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Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.
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If we assume that there are normal or standard income results to be obtained from investing money in securities, then the role of the adviser can be more readily established. He will use his superior training and experience to protect his clients against mistakes and to make sure that they obtain the results to which their money is entitled.
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My dream when I was 14 was someday I could have a David Levine caricature of me in 'The New York Review of Books.'
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Literature is love. I think it went like this: drawings in the cave, sounds in the cave, songs in the cave, songs about us. Later, stories about us.
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Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a gallery, works of art need only one person who wants to pay for them.
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There are far too many politicians out there who take the wrong position and stick with it and never admit that they should do something different.
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Breaking records has never been my goal. I think it's important that we're continually pushing our limits and showing that we can extend beyond what we have done before.
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I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college.
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The comedians who I admire that are really good, they always take it to a deep psychological place.
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From my teenage years on, I sought out Native elders from many tribal nations and listened to their words. I also started a small press, The Greenfield Review Press, and became very involved with publishing the work of other American Indian authors, especially books of poetry.
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There never was a good war," said Franklin. "There have indeed been many wars in which a good man must take part, and take part with grave gladness to die if need be, a willing sacrifice, thankful to give life for what is dearer than life, and happy that even by death in war he is serving the cause of peace. But if a war be undertaken for the most righteous end, before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is a national crime.
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I wish when I was 15 that I realized my voice was important and that even my thoughts and my opinions had value. Had I known, I probably would've spoken up more. I probably would've found my activism sooner and become a writer sooner.
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What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us!
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Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.
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Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.
