Never mistake a clear view for a short distance.
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rephrasing of Roy Amara' law.Paul Saffo
Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.
Edward Albee
By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines, where daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view, though at a far distance, true colours and shapes.
John Milton
The art in all communication is to come as close as possible to actuality, to contemporaries in the role of readers, and yet at the same time to have the distance of a point of view, the reassuring, infinite distance of ideality from them. Papers VII B 325
Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.
Akio Morita
Any strategy that involves crossing a valley—accepting short-term losses to reach a higher hill in the distance—will soon be brought to a halt by the demands of a system that celebrates short-term gains and tolerates stagnation, but condemns anything else as failure. In short, a world where big stuff can never get done.
Neal Stephenson
Saffo, Paul
Safir, Howard
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