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The manual for WordStar, the most popular word-processing program, is 400 pages thick. To write a novel, you have to read a novel - one that reads like a mystery to most people. They're not going to learn slash q-z any more than they're going to learn Morse code. That is what Macintosh is all about. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#any #code #going #learn #like

I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking. ↗

— Billy Joel

#because #boy #drinking #i #i do

Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are. ↗

— Billy Joel

#about #because #being #chose #doubts

There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something. ↗

— Billy Joel

#being #deep-seated #paranoia #something

Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#directing #getting #good #just #movie

I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#depth #get #i #job #movie

If the movie's well made and it's about things that count, people will ultimately see the depth in it. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#count #depth #made #movie #people

We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#beef #egypt #excited #had #lebanon

I still haven't heard anything from Apple about my hacks. There is a tool based on my work reverse-engineering Apple's FairPlay called jhymn that's been hosted on a U.S. server for over a year and nothing has happened. ↗

— Jon Johansen

#anything #apple #based #been #called

In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return. ↗

— Ma Jian

#allowed #authorities #been #beijing #book