“The older I get, the more I see how much motivations matter. The Zune was crappy because the people at Microsoft don’t really love music or art the way we do. We won because we personally love music. We made the iPod for ourselves, and when you’re doing something for yourself, or your best friend or family, you’re not going to cheese out. If you don’t love something, you’re not going to go the extra mile, work the extra weekend, challenge the status quo as much.”
― Steve Jobs
― Steve Jobs
“Sumer, the land which came to be known in classical times as Babylonia, consists of the lower half of Mesopotamia, roughly identical with modern Iraq from north of Baghdad to the Persian Gulf. It has an area of approximately 10,000 square miles, somewhat larger than the state of Massachusetts. Its climate is extremely hot and dry, and its soil, left to itself, is arid, wind-swept, and unproductive.”
― The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character
― The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character
“I had known him since 1984, when he came to Manhattan to have lunch with Time’s editors and extol his new Macintosh. He was petulant even then, attacking a Time correspondent for having wounded him with a story that was too revealing. But talking to him afterward, I found myself rather captivated, as so many others have been over the years, by his engaging intensity. We stayed in touch, even after he was ousted from Apple. When he had something to pitch, such as a NeXT computer or Pixar movie, the beam of his charm would suddenly refocus on me, and he would take me to a sushi restaurant in Lower Manhattan to tell me that whatever he was touting was the best thing he had ever produced. I liked him.”
― Steve Jobs
― Steve Jobs
“Why, there they are!' said the King triumphantly, pointing to the tarts on the table. 'Nothing can be clearer than that. Then again--" before she had this fit--" you never had fits, my dear, I think?' he said to the Queen.”
― Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
― Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
“Union Jacks: Yankee Sailors in the Civil War (2004) concentrates on the Federal Navy. Unfortunately,”
― Bluejackets in the Blubber Room: A Biography of the William Badger, 1828-1865
― Bluejackets in the Blubber Room: A Biography of the William Badger, 1828-1865
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