Most business models have focused on self interest instead of user experience. Those are the kinds of problems we solve to solve.
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More Tim Cook Quotes
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It is possible to be aware of God at all times.
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There’s something very dangerous happening in states across the country.
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Right to privacy is really important. You pull that brick out and another and pretty soon the house falls.
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Anything can change, because the smartphone revolution is still in the early stages.
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We make the best phone, we don’t make the most phones.
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Somebody gets it home and they feel great when they pay the money, but then they get it home and use it and the joy is gone.
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Price is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units.
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No matter what you do next, the world needs your energy, your passion, your impatience for progress. Don’t shrink from risk. And tune out those critics and cynics.
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The largest lesson I learned from Steve was that the joy in life is in the journey, and I saw him live this every day.
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Everybody doesn’t want to have to be a computer scientist to protect themselves. Most people have no desire to do that.
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The government should always be the one defending civil liberties.
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I am who I am, and I’m focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.
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I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others.
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So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy.
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In my view the tablet and the PC are different. You can do things with the tablet if you are not encumbered by the legacy of the PC.
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I am driven by great work and seeing people do incredible things and having a part in that.
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And that’s what everyone at Apple is focused on – pushing forward and creating the future.
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The worst thing in the world that can happen to you if you’re an engineer that has given his life to something is for someone to rip it off and put their name to it.
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Graduates, your values matter. They are your north star. And work takes on new meaning when you feel you’re pointed in the right direction. Otherwise, it’s just a job. And life is too short for that.
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There are times in all of our lives when a reliance on gut or intuition just seems more appropriate – when a particular course of action just feels right.
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I remember what it was like to grow up in the South in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Where we might go in the future, we’ll see. Customers love games. I’m not interested in being in the console business in what is thought of as traditional gaming. But Apple is a big player today and things in the future will only make that bigger.
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We can’t take all of our energy and all of our care and finish the painting, then have someone else put their name on it.
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Creativity and innovation are something you can’t flowchart out. Some things you can, and we do, and we’re very disciplined in those areas. But creativity isn’t one of those.
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You are more powerful than you think.
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Creativity is people who care enough to keep thinking about something until they find the simplest way to do it.
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