Steve Jobs Quotes
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As a younger actor, I had delusions. I would dream of Scorsese and De Niro; I would meet people, and it would be like this, and it would change moviemaking in France, and Paris would become the center of the world.
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There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it.
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Your life is like a play with several acts. Some of the characters who enter have short roles to play, others, much larger. Some are villains and others are good guys. But all of them are necessary; otherwise, they wouldn't be in the play. Embrace them all, and move on to the next act.
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Textbook rental is a great concept. It is just a great business model.
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There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
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I'm not looking ahead joyfully to the rest of my life or the future of the human race. I've always written about man as an animal species among other animals, competing for limited resources. Our population is exploding. Our environment is dying. Science has debunked God.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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I'm a pretty plain-spoken guy.
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The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
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My concentration span is truly that of a gnat. Some people have this ladder, and that's all there is - the ladder. I have the ladder, too, but there's a building around it with scaffolding, and lots of windows for me to peek into. Then suddenly I'll remember, 'Oh, there's the ladder. I should be concentrating on that.'
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Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene I saw in a movie. I take inspiration from all different places.
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Happiness is very simple and minimal.
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I'm anti-cheese in a salad.
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I was from a small town, and nobody really expects you to leave, especially before you graduate. That doesn't happen.
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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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There's been such a sense that there's one set of rules for trillion-dollar financial institutions and a different set for all the rest of us. It's so pervasive that it's not even hidden.
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Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.
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The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.
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We - the current generation - have a moral responsibility to make the world better for future generations.
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Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life.
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I sat in a garage and invented the future.