“We are entering an era of unprecedented choice. And that’s a good thing.”
Chris Anderson book The Long Tail
Source: The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More (2006), Ch. 10, p. 168
“What we did was unprecedented, but what is less well understood is that we had no choice.”
Idea Man (2012)
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Ibukun Awosika (1962) Nigerian business magnate
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“I didn’t have any choice... What choice did I have? He’s the president.”
Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general
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Orthodoxy (1884)
Context: How do they answer all this? They say that God “permits” it. What would you say to me if I stood by and saw a ruffian beat out the brains of a child, when I had full and perfect power to prevent it? You would say truthfully that I was as bad as the murderer. Is it possible for this God to prevent it? Then, if he does not he is a fiend; he is no god. But they say he “permits” it. What for? So that we may have freedom of choice. What for? So that God may find, I suppose, who are good and who are bad. Did he not know that when he made us? Did he not know exactly just what he was making?
Richard Bach book The Bridge Across Forever
Source: The Bridge Across Forever (1984), Ch. 48
Context: The things we own, the places we live, the events of our lives: empty settings. How easy to chase after settings, and forget diamonds! The only thing that matters, at the end of a stay on earth, is how well did we love, what was the quality of our love?
