Steve Jobs:

The minute you understand that you can poke life and if you push in one thing something will pop out the other side, that you can change it, you can mold it. That's maybe the most important thing. It's to shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you're just going to live in it, versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it.

— Steve Jobs Contemporary

Apple co-founder

Context

Interview, 'Wired' magazine

Date / Period

1996

Source

https://www.wired.com/1996/02/jobs-2/

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

Found in 1 providers: grok

Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

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