“There were shadows I saw out of the corner of my eye that looked like problems waiting to become real, but you never know with shadows.”
― The Rules Do Not Apply
― The Rules Do Not Apply
“People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.”
― Steve Jobs
― Steve Jobs
“I wanted what we all want: everything. We want a mate who feels like family and a lover who is exotic, surprising. We want to be youthful adventurers and middle-aged mothers. We want intimacy and autonomy, safety and stimulation, reassurance and novelty, coziness and thrills. But we can’t have it all.”
― The Rules Do Not Apply
― The Rules Do Not Apply
“One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.”
― Steve Jobs
― Steve Jobs
“There is nothing I love more than traveling to a place where I know nobody, and where everything will be a surprise, and then writing about it. It’s like having a new lover—even the parts you aren’t crazy about have the crackling fascination of the unfamiliar.”
― The Rules Do Not Apply
― The Rules Do Not Apply
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