Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. — Steve Jobs · Skopia

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

2005

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Jobs, Steve. Stanford Commencement Address. 12 June 2005, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

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