"I was on one of my fruitarian diets" Steve Jobs recalled "I had just comeback from the apple farm. It sounded fun, spirited, and not intimidating. Apple took the edge of the word 'computer', plus it would get us a head of Atari in the phone book. He told Wozniak if a better name did not hit them by the next afternoon, they would just stick with apple and they did. Â 1 Apr 1976Â "

-- Walter Isaacson

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“When we say we are certain so-and-so can't possibly have done it, what we mean is that we think he very likely did.”
“In politics, familiarity doesn't breed contempt. It breeds votes.”

Source : The English Digest, Vol. 57, p. 34, 1958.
“It's easier for the former masters to put aside the masks that hid their humanity than for the former slaves to recognise the faces underneath. Or to trust that this is not a new mask these are wearing.”
“Dante to Abby: My God you are going to kill me. Again”
“The problems come when it's time to put our faith in things other than the Lord. There's no doubt that other people can be tricky. But once again, it's all about listening to your heart. That don't mean you should ignore what your head's telling you. But your heart will do a much better job of helping you figure out who's good and who ain't. Who deserves your faith, and who doesn't. If you judge solely by evidence, you could wind up making some big mistakes.”
“A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.”
“Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me - I don't now sit at home doing a cake for the fun of it anymore. But it's an extremely happy and pleasureable business to run because people are generally buying cakes for celebrations.”
“When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.”

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