Jack Dangermond Quotes
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.
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Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation.
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Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school in the early '90s, I have always been involved in lobbying, campaigning and pushing for changes.
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When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
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I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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'The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq,' by Hanna Batatu. Few may wish to take on this massive, obscure work, but it changed my life, and I love it.
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The relationship between ARMgold and Harmony continues to develop and grow.
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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
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You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.
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I threw my best to every hitter I faced, and I found I had the strength to go all the way.
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
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If you had the most prestige and you were the network that everybody turned to in times of a crisis, that that was the most important position, in the news business, to hold.
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My whole thing is feel free to hate me – I so don't care if you hate me, but meet me, and listen to my record, and know me before you hate me.
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I can understand the validity of showing people the ugliness of the world, but I also think there is a place for movies to leave people with a sense of hope.
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Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.
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Don't measure anything unless the data helps you make a better decision or change your actions. If you're not prepared to change your diet or your workouts, don't get on the scale.
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Every social organisation which is rooted in life still lasts a long time, even after the conditions from which it drew its strength have changed in a manner unfavourable to it.
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I think that submissiveness can be and is a formidable weapon, which women will use as long as it isn't taken from them.
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GIS is being influenced by and integrating with all kinds of new innovations such as faster computing, big data, the cloud, smart devices, and distributed processing.
