“You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.”
“Radically simplify the user interface, reinvent it, enough face lifts! You can put as much lipstick on a chicken as you want, it's never going to look good!”
On stage to Bill Gates at a PC Forum.
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                                        Original: Non è mai troppo tardi per ricominciare, reinventarsi e realizzare un futuro come e con chi vuoi. 
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