The "grazy" ones

 Vaհe H Apelian

During May 28 Armenian Republic or Armenian independence celebrations, Baruyr Sevag is often quoted.  It occurred to me that there is some parallel in that quote and the well known quote from Steve Jobs. Both have to do with daring, daredevils. I attached the passages from which the two quotes are taken in their entirety and had them translated by Google translations.

Baruyr Sevag’s quote is from Sardarabad Song. The lyrics of the song was by Baruyr Sevag - Խօսք՝ Պարոյր Սեւակ; the music was composed by Edgar Hovhannesyan - Երաժշտութիւն՝ Էդգար Յովհաննիսեան. The quote is the first two sentences of the lyrics of the Sardarabad song.

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Steve Jobs delivered his famous "The Crazy Ones" manifesto in September 1997 as the launchpad for Apple's iconic "Think Different" ad campaign. The famous poem was written by the advertising agency to celebrate visionaries and position Apple as a brand for creative pioneers. It was read by Steve Jobs in the movie about him, ably personified by, Michael Fassbender, who is widely considered to have delivered the best performance as Steve Jobs in the 2015 biopic Steve Jobs.

As a note of further coincidence about the authors of these two quotes Baruyr Sevag and Steve Jobs, it dawned on me that Steve Jobs was raised by his adopted Armenian-American mother, Clara Hagopian Jobs (1924 – 1986). Baruyr Sevag was raised Anahid Kaspar Soghomonyan (1894-1982). I note that Sevag is a pen name the poet adopted in honor of Roupen Sevag, the Armenian writer, poet, medical doctor Roupen Sevag who was martyred during the Genocide.