Quote of the Day: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs would have been 63 today. But six years before his death, his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer fresh in his mind, he gave the commencement address at Stanford University. While many commencement speakers advise the newly-minted graduates on how to make the most of the start of their adult lives, the Apple founder had other ideas. His address dilated on death, and the short period of time we get to spend on earth.

Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.

 

Steven Mirkin

Steven Mirkin’s diverse career has taken him from politics to pop culture to high art, offering him a front row seat to some of the most fascinating events and personalities of our time: writing speeches, fundraising appeals and campaign materials for Ed Koch, John Heinz and independent presidential candidate John B. Anderson; chronicling the punk/new wave scenes in New York and London; interviewing musicians such as Elton John, John Lydon and Buck Owens; profiling modern masters Julian Schnabel, Paul Schrader and Jonathan Safran Foer; and writing for TV shows including 21, The Chamber, Let's Make A Deal, and Rock Star: INXS.

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