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Time Quotes by Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs reminds us that our time is short, so we should follow our own path instead of copying others. He says that deep focus on one project often means giving up other possibilities, and that people rarely know what they want until they see it. He also calls the computer one of humanity’s most powerful tools.

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The were good times, there were hard times, but there were never bad times

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All the work I've done in my life will be obsolete by the time I'm fifty.

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Overnight success stories take a long time.

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Each dream you leave behind is a part of your future that will no longer exist.

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else life.

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Your time is limited, so don't wast it living someone else's life

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“A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them”

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I sat in a garage and invented the future.

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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…

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“My favorite things in life don't cast any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.”

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Your time on this earth is limited, don’t live someone else's life, live by your vision.

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You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it…

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Your work is going to fill a large part of your life... so love what you do. Your time is limited. Don't…

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“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma– which is living with the…

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I know from my own education that if I hadn't encountered two or three individuals that spent extra time with me, I'm…

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To have your whole music library with you at all times is a quantum leap in listening to music. How do we…

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Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the…

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There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of…

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We all have a short period of time on this earth-We probably only have the opportunity to do a few things really…

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Of all the inventions of humans, the computer is going to rank near or at the top as history unfolds and we…

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Start small, think big. Don’t worry about too many things at once. Take a handful of simple things to begin with, and…

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Be honest with yourself and with people always do everything on time. Never give up, go to your goals, even if all…

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“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with…

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Whenever you do any one thing intensely over a period of time you have to give up other lives you could be…

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You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future... The only way to do great work is to…

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If it could save a person's life, could you find a way to save ten seconds off the boot time? If there…

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I was actually a fruitarian at that point in time. I ate only fruit. Now I'm a garbage can like everyone else.…

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At Apple, people are putting in 18-hour days. We attract a different type of person—a person who doesn’t want to wait five…

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Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country… I decided to take a calligraphy class to…

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Three Rules of Life...1: Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. 2: Don't be trapped by dogma…

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“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots…

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This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo,…

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Pixar is seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took…

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I'm not worried about the country's long-term future. This country is insanely great. What I'm worried about is that we don't talk…

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It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show…

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Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.

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In good times and bad times, I'll be on your side for ever more...that's what friends are for.

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My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

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A lot of time, people don't do great things becoz' great things really aren't expected of them.

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Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM…

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I'm not dismissing the value of higher education; I'm simply saying it comes at the expense of experience.

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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…

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“I think great artists and great engineers are similar, in that they both have a desire to express themselves. In fact some of the…

It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.

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