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Steve Jobs

Entrepreneur and Apple co-founder (1955-2011)

Few figures have shaped modern technology as profoundly as Steve Jobs. Born in 1955 in San Francisco and adopted as an infant, Jobs primarily grew up in Mountain View, California. He was a headstrong youth: rebellious as a child, bored throughout his school years, and directionless as a college student,...

Few figures have shaped modern technology as profoundly as Steve Jobs. Born in 1955 in San Francisco and adopted as an infant, Jobs primarily grew up in Mountain View, California. He was a headstrong youth: rebellious as a child, bored throughout his school years, and directionless as a college student, dropping out within six months. But his challenging teen years were also instrumental in his future. A job with Hewlett-Packard introduced him to Steve Wozniak, and together they co-founded the Apple Computer Company in the garage of Jobs’ family home in 1976. They went on to revolutionize personal computing with the Apple II computer and, later, the Macintosh.

Even after a tumultuous exit from Apple in 1985, Jobs flourished, founding NeXT and co-founding Pixar. He returned to Apple in 1997, and with iconic products including the iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad, revived the company and changed personal electronics forever. Jobs’ relentless pursuit of excellence earned him a reputation as a demanding leader — and a creative genius. He championed simplicity and deeply valued intuition, considering it a cornerstone of creativity and innovation. After almost a decade of a closely guarded battle with cancer, Jobs died at age 56 in his home in Palo Alto, California.

Quotes By Steve Jobs
Happiness
Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect.
Steve Jobs
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Motivation
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
Steve Jobs
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Motivation
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
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Ann Patchett

Author (1963-present)

Ann Patchett, born in 1963 in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, always knew she wanted to be a writer. While attending Sarah Lawrence College, she had her first story published in The Paris Review; after graduating, she attended the renowned Iowa Writers’ Workshop and earned an MFA from the...

Ann Patchett, born in 1963 in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, always knew she wanted to be a writer. While attending Sarah Lawrence College, she had her first story published in The Paris Review; after graduating, she attended the renowned Iowa Writers’ Workshop and earned an MFA from the University of Iowa. Patchett spent years writing for various publications before publishing her debut novel The Patron Saint of Liars (1992), which she worked on during a fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Massachusetts.

It was Patchett’s fourth novel, Bel Canto (2001), that broke through, garnering critical acclaim and several awards including the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. She went on to win many more awards, including being honored by the White House with a National Humanities Medal in 2021. Patchett’s novels, including the bestselling Tom Lake (2023), are known for their ethereal escapism and psychological depth. As in her fiction, her nonfiction work, such as Truth & Beauty: A Friendship, her memoir about her friendship with writer Lucy Grealy, and the essay collection This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage (2013), is defined by warmth, sincerity, and a tender insight into human relationships. Patchett is also the owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, where she champions the importance of independent bookstores.

Quotes By Ann Patchett
Hope
Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.
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Wisdom
Never be so focused on what you’re looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.
Ann Patchett
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Motivation
Do you want to do this thing? Sit down and do it.
Ann Patchett
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