Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?

Steve Jobs

Inviting John Sculley, then president of Pepsi, to join Apple.

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Steve Jobs

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Question

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Entrepreneur Businessperson

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United States

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Citation

Jobs, Steve. Quoted in Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple, by John Sculley and John A. Byrne. Harper & Row, 1987, ch. 3. Originally a comment made to persuade John Sculley to become Apple's CEO, c. 1983.

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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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Perseverance Persistence Failure

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Samuel Beckett
Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1989 1980s 20th century
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I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me?

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Losers
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Beck
Source
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
1993 1990s 20th century
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