More from Tim Cook
Discrimination isn’t something that’s easy to oppose. It doesn’t always stare you in the face. It moves in the shadows. And sometimes it shrouds itself within the very laws meant to protect us.
Tim CookTim Cook I think that [there is] this fundamental right to privacy and the philosophy that government shouldn’t be intrusive.
Tim CookTim Cook We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day.
Tim CookTim Cook I’m speaking to you from Silicon Valley, where some of the most prominent and successful companies have built their businesses by lulling their customers into complacency about their personal information.
Tim CookTim Cook Apple Watch is the most personal device we’ve ever created.
Tim CookTim Cook There’s something very dangerous happening in states across the country.
Tim CookTim Cook You are more powerful than you think.
Tim CookTim Cook Certainly some things that are very good can sometimes be used in a bad way.
Tim CookTim Cook When I think of civil liberties I think of the founding principles of the country. The freedoms that are in the First Amendment. But also the fundamental right to privacy.
Tim CookTim Cook Gaming has kind of evolved a bit. More people play on portable devices.
Tim CookTim Cook I just want to build great products.
Tim CookTim Cook I despise politics. There is no room for it in a company. My life is going to be way too short to deal with that.
Tim CookTim Cook From our point of view it’s important that Apple not be the developer for the world.
Tim CookTim Cook To whom much is given, much is expected. I do believe this. It’s embedded in me.
Tim CookTim Cook We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.
Tim CookTim Cook I remember what it was like to grow up in the South in the 1960s and 1970s.
Tim CookTim Cook
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Let’s go slow dancing around the kitchen, listening to the sound of dawn by the back roads and let our shadows paint the walls.
Kate WestKate West Clutching a burning match, he said “look, and she’ll explode”. Ignored the gas he poured; his match caused my implode.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola Caring for yourself is a journey, and it doesn’t start and end on the people’s judgment.
Sania AbbasSania Abbas Change your habits and make choices that will positively impact your future.
Edgar DoucetEdgar Doucet The wars you create, will be fought by your children, for the people already dead.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya Choose actions over excuses.
Abel StarcAbel Starc And now you are the butterfly finally free.
Rhiannon JanaeRhiannon Janae I am no longer defined by what happened to me, but by who I am.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian
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More on aware
I think the best thing I can hope to achieve is to educate, or make aware, as many people as possible on how the little things they do every day really do affect our environment.
Aaron PeirsolAaron Peirsol How aware were photographers in the past of other visual arts? No photographer of any distinction at all could approach his work without some awareness of what was going on in other visual media
Aaron ScharfAaron Scharf The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.
Aaron McGruderAaron McGruder I don’t recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
A. E. van VogtA. E. van Vogt It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don’t speculate, simply look at what is there.
A. H. AlmaasA. H. Almaas The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.
Igor StravinskyIgor Stravinsky Each individual is more or less dimly aware of his significance, is aware that he’s something innately superior, something eternal–and lives, is obligated to live, in the moment and for the moment.
Ivan TurgenevIvan Turgenev
