I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from unsuccessful ones is pure perseverance.

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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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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.
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.
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
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