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Quote by Isaiah Berlin
We are doomed to choose, and every choice may entail an irreparable loss.
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The quote says that choosing is unavoidable: refusing to decide is itself part of having to choose. Each option may also involve giving up something that cannot be recovered later. It presents decision-making as carrying a lasting cost, not as a way to preserve every possibility.
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- Isaiah Berlin Online, Wolfson College, University of Oxford
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