"We are so habitually nostalgic by now that we anticipate looking back in the midst of enjoyment, look forward to watching the videos we're taking of our children even as we make them."

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Source : Deborah Tall (2016). “From Where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place”, p.99, Syracuse University Press

Deborah Tall

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“I've had phases where the compass point seems lost. It can happen for various reasons, among them, that you're trying to do something outside your skill set; your skills have to catch up with the things you see in your head. But it's important to make all of those paintings, even the failed ones.”
“The Mars Polar Lander cost the average American the price of half a cheeseburger. A human lander would cost the average American more -- perhaps even ten cheeseburgers! So be it. That is no great sacrifice.”
“If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take.”
“There's nothing wrong with being gay, so to deny it is to make a judgment.”
“But it is not the job of truth to make us feel good. It is the job of truth to be true, and it is our job to deal with it.”
“Everything depends on upbringing.”
“does one ever say the same thing in the same way to two different people?”
“While I was at Microsoft, the annual revenues grew larger than the GDP of the Republic of Ghana.”

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