24 February: Steve Jobs Quotes

Born on this date in 1955 was Steve Jobs co-founder of Apple inc. 10 quotes from him:

1. My favourite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.
2. Things don't have to change the world to be important.
3. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
4. For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
5. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.
6. Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
7. The things you regret most in life are the things you didn’t do.
8. Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?
9. I think different religions are different doors to the same house.
10. One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.

Character birthday

Skippi: A small alien who resembles a cute monkey, and is able to teleport. While his actual birthdate isn’t known, on realising humans all had birthdays and enjoyed celebrating them, he chose 24 Feb as his birthday and has celebrated it ever since. He is a member of Superwil’s Ultra League. He can understand English but is unable to speak it, or any other language. His native tongue appears to be a series of warbles and squeaks, which members of the Ultra League claim they can often understand. Skippi doesn't have his own apartment but teleports between those of his team mates, spending time in whichever one has the best food or entertainment, or has the most suitable temperature. In return he will perform small errands for the owner of the apartment, like bringing cups of coffee. He appears in Eternal Flame and A Very Variant Christmas.

Eternal Flame

The Freedom League's numbers have dwindled to three - but leader Unicorn knows his team isn't finished yet. The turning point comes with Russell, a boy with bright red hair and a genetic variant ability to start fires. He's the first of an influx of new members who will take the League into the future. 

Judith and Wil are child prodigies - Judith in physics and electronics, and Wil in medicine. They have another thing in common - they are both genetic variants. And another thing - they both have fiery red hair. They are drawn to one another as their destinies intertwine, but the course of true love doesn't always run smoothly!

Richard is not a variant. He's an Olympic athlete who has picked up useful knowledge from his unusual friends to add to his own natural abilities. A chance encounter with a dying alien throws him into a Freedom League mission in which his skills are put to the ultimate test, along with theirs.

The Freedom League's arch-enemy, the super-villain Obsidian, wants his family fortune all to himself. One person stands in his way - his niece, Fiona. Fiona, devastated by a family tragedy and her failure to get in to her first choice university, is miserable and has few friends. When she realises her brother's death was no accident, and his killer is also after her, she fears it may be too late to gather allies around her and learn how to use her own genetic variant powers.

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