Category: Commonplace
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“Having children really changes your view on these things.”
“I’m sorry, it’s true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We’re born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It’s been happening for a long time.” — Steve Jobs, 1993 From Engadget
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“We’re just enthusiastic about what we do.”
“We’re just enthusiastic about what we do.” — Steve Jobs, 1985 From Engadget
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“Creativity is just connecting things.”
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” — Steve Jobs From Engadget
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“When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex…”
“When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions.”…
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Downsides to everything
“There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I’ve ever seen is called television – but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.” — Steve Jobs, 2003 From Engadget
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“I’ll always stay connected with Apple.”
“I’ll always stay connected with Apple. I hope that throughout my life I’ll sort of have the thread of my life and the thread of Apple weave in and out of each other, like a tapestry. There may be a few years when I’m not there, but I’ll always come back.” – Steve Jobs, 1985…
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Still got my lunch money
“I say we strap a polygraph onto the teleprompter. Humor to lighten the load. I recommened that he take the censure and if any of you’d been on the inside you’d have recommended it to. How does he deliver the State of Union in two weeks? He’s the President of the United States. When he…
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Because we get to
“We’re going because we get to…” — Jeremy Sanders Jeremy visited our church back in July of 2011. He and his family were at the time preparing to go and now are training to be missionaries with To Every Tribe. That statement was made during his sermon and it resonated with me. All too often…
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How you know it’s an adventure
“Are you sure about this? We could get into trouble.” “That’s how you know it’s an adventure.” — Trailer for Hugo
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C. S. Lewis on Friendship
”Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’ “ — C.S. Lewis