“I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knoc…”

“I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I'm only 30 years old and I want to have a chance to continue creating things. I know I've got at least one more great computer in me. And Apple is not going to give me a chance to do that.”

— Steve Jobs

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Title: Wikiquote: Steve Jobs
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Context

On his expulsion from any position of authority at Apple, after having invited John Sculley to become CEO, as quoted in Playboy (September 1987)

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Jobs, Steve. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Steve Jobs. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

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