You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripples for change.
TIM COOKSo 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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Intuition is critical in virtually everything you do. But, without relentless preparation and execution, it is meaningless.
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It’s the privilege of a lifetime for me to work with the most innovative people on Earth.
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A great product isn’t just a collection of features. It’s how it all works together.
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From an app point of view, if you looked at innovation on the PC, you’d be hard pressed to find companies innovating. The list is small.
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Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.
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The longer the meeting, the less is accomplished.
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Our message, to people around the country and around the world, is this: Apple is open.
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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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Right to privacy is really important. You pull that brick out and another and pretty soon the house falls.
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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.
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Without encryption, you and I wouldn’t be able to do our banking online.
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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 don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others.
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I think everyone has to ask, how do companies make their money? Follow the money. And if they’re making money mainly by collecting gobs of personal data, I think you have a right to be worried.
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So I had to figure out for myself what was right and true. It was a search. It was a process. It drew on the moral sense that I’d learned from my parents, and in church, and in my own heart, and led me on my own journey of discovery.
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