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Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

[Stanford commencement speech, June 2005]

“Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you?”