JF
To fail better next time.
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What lesson has mattered most in your life?Originally asked
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Steve Jobs
Co-founder and chief executive of Apple; co-founder of NeXT; chief executive of Pixar
I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. It is so hard. You put so much of your life into this thing. There are such rough moments in time that I think most people give up. I don't blame them. Its really tough and it consumes your life.
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Daniel Morrow, Smithsonian Institution Oral and Video Histories, for the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program, 20 April 1995
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Genuine love is given freely, not by force.
Pauline McLynn
Irish character actress and author
Never be rigid in your thinking, be open.
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A single-malt whisky.
Doc Brown proved that editing the past is disastrous.
I haven't seen a ghost yet.
Come back to me the night before I pop my clogs.
Aung San Suu Kyi: an extraordinary humanitarian fighting for democracy in a Burmese dictatorship.
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