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TIM COOK
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We’re very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world’s best products and enriching people’s lives.
Tim CookTim Cook Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those.
Tim CookTim Cook No one should have a key that turns a billion locks. It shouldn’t exist.
Tim CookTim Cook Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.
Tim CookTim Cook Our new watches are made entirely of double super gold. They are just a piece of gold that you can wear to the left, right, or directly on top of the other gold you own.
Tim CookTim Cook Price is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units.
Tim CookTim Cook 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.
Tim CookTim Cook I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.
Tim CookTim Cook What makes Siri cool is she has a personality.
Tim CookTim Cook And that’s what everyone at Apple is focused on – pushing forward and creating the future.
Tim CookTim Cook The longer the meeting, the less is accomplished.
Tim CookTim Cook We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose…..It’s not just saying yes to the right products, it’s saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as the other ones.
Tim CookTim Cook Without encryption, you and I wouldn’t be able to do our banking online.
Tim CookTim Cook We’re talking about a world where the PC is no longer the center, but just a devicewhere your new devices need to be more portable, more personal.
Tim CookTim Cook We do a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive. We want to leave the world better than we found it.
Tim CookTim Cook 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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ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
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Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
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Beau BidenBeau Biden The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
Timothy KellerTimothy Keller Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade l know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.
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