"That would have been a nice place, inside an idea, but it wasn't a place to live. It was necessary to live where the idea and the fact collided."

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Source : 1985 The BigMan, ch.8.

William McIlvanney

#Nice Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Facts Quotes

“When designers replaced the command line interface with the graphical user interface, billions of people who are not programmers could make use of computer technology,”
“Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.”
“I've never known a lot of rich people. It's not my bag.”
“I feel safe that theater will always serve women in different ages.”
“How soon would faith freeze without a cross!”
“The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.”
“How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?”
“Do the thing itself. Donâ€™t pay much mind to critics or what anyone says about it. Just do it, in any form possible, and watch others doing it. Take it in viscerally, get it by osmosis. Donâ€™t ever read your own reviews, certainly not the good ones.”

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