Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs (1955-2011) co-founded Apple, was fired, built NeXT and Pixar, then returned to launch iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. He fused technology with liberal arts, redefining consumer electronics as experience design.
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Steve Jobs's Other Quotes
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
Technology alone is not enough — it's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from unsuccessful ones is pure perseverance.
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.
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