Jack Dangermond Quotes
GIS started on mainframe computers; we could get one map every five to 10 hours, and if we made a mistake, it could take longer. In the early '90s, when people started buying PCs, we migrated to desktop software.
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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We need to see a Palestinian state.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.
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When you're never home and traveling, you don't play videogames.
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Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
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There's nothing interesting about seeing our characters for an hour and a half do some flashy flying in the sky and beating up on some buildings. It's boring, and people don't want that anymore. They want character, and they want story.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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There's no way you can possibly intellectually justify, 'Well, it's okay for the Western Judeo-Christian countries to have nuclear weapons, but not for a country like Iran.' That logic goes nowhere fast.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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I'm so lucky, I've been so successful, so much has come my way. I want to give back.
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I am very shy with people I don't know.
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Family councils, led by righteous, loving parents who are striving to teach their children to love and respect each other, can make a difference in creating a sense of discipline, order and loving cooperation in the home.
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When I was a kid, I had to try a lot of pyrotechnics just so people would know who I was.
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We make two mistakes about the ancient world. One is to assume they were better than us - that, for instance, the ancient Olympics didn't involve money-making. The opposite mistake, and just as common, is to think our Olympics are much more civilised than ancient sporting competitions. Neither is true.
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GIS started on mainframe computers; we could get one map every five to 10 hours, and if we made a mistake, it could take longer. In the early '90s, when people started buying PCs, we migrated to desktop software.
