"I love the box that such a decision puts you in, and I love the interest the reader has in seeing how you negotiate that box: that seemingly hugely narrowed set of options. I also like the way in which it reminds us that we connect to the real world. That our relationship to the world matters."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Jim Shepard

#Real Quotes #Decision Quotes #World Quotes

“When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller.”
“Some people think because I wear makeup that I am gay. But one thing has nothing to do with the other.”
“Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts.”
“Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone.”

Source : "O'Reilly Open Source Conference: Day 3". www.apacheweek.com. July 26, 2002.
“People wouldn't think of making avant-garde cuisine at home. When people play basketball at home, they can't play like Michael Jordan.”
“If you know that God loves you, you should never question a directive from Him. It will always be right and best. When He gives you a directive, you are not just to observe it, discuss it, or debate it. You are to obey it.”
“I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders.”

Source : "American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation". Book by Adam Cohen and Elizabeth Taylor, 2001.
“The unknown is always frightening.”

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