"The good is the enemy of the best."

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Source : Robert Fitzgerald, Ed Dowling, Bill W. (1995). “The Soul of Sponsorship: The Friendship of Fr. Ed Dowling, S. J. and Bill Wilson in Letters”, p.77, Hazelden Publishing

Bill W.

“Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]”
“When we got knocked out against Porto in the Champions League, I only slept two hours that night. I was not a nice person to be with after that match. I was struggling to get the result out of my system.”
“Today, we have our own concentrations of economic power. Instead of Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, the Union Pacific Railroad, and J. P. Morgan and Company, we have Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft.”

Source : "Where Have All the Workers Gone?" by George Packer, www.newyorker.com. February 24, 2014.
“I think for many songwriter/performers, you need to go off by yourself and write the songs to begin with, but then you need people to bring them to life. So you have to be comfortable with solitude and also with being very social.”

Source : "Will Oldham on Bonnie "Prince" Billy". Interview with Marc Masters, pitchfork.com. September 21, 2012.
“One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film.”
“How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry.”
“The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating.”
“We should always pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should always act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves.”

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