When we're in the story, when we're part of it, we can't know the outcome. It's only later that we think we can see what the story was. But do we ever really know? And does anybody else, perhaps, coming along a little later, does anybody else really care? ... History is written by the survivors, but what is that history? That's the point I was trying to make just now. We don't know what the story is when we're in it, and even after we tell it we're not sure. Because the story doesn't end.
On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor. - James Robertson
On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor.
- James Robertson
Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse; and our inability to see into the futur… - James Robertson
Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse; and our inability to see into the futur…
I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper. - James Robertson
I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper.
The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living. - James Robertson
The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living.
There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence. - James Robertson
There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence.
No one can say I didn't pay my dues in life. - James Robertson
No one can say I didn't pay my dues in life.
It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last — tough people do. - James Robertson
It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last — tough people do.
The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as… - James Robertson
The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as…
There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is. - James Robertson
There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is.
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