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David Grinspoon Quotes

The mature Anthropocene begins when we acquire the ability to live sustainably and become a lasting presence on this world.

David Grinspoon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1959

Topics

Live World Mature Become Ability

I tell you what. 85 percent of the sportswriters think I'm stupid or a clown or something. They think I'm crazy.

Joaquin Andujar

Crazy Stupid Think You Tell Clown

Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd for the most part.

Yourself You See Imagine Absurd How

I wanted to play football all my life, and when I got accepted to Florida State, it was academically - it wasn't for any kind of scholarship. I kind of sat down and said, 'I'm not going to make it to the NFL. I'm not the size nor the skill.'

Life Football My Life Down Play

I don't think that globalisation is anywhere near the threat that robots are.

Think Robots Threat Globalisation

I don't want anyone controlling me.

Rodrigo Duterte

Me Want Controlling Anyone

It's the hardest thing on earth to like yourself, and then when you do, it's a catastrophe. I mean, the people I know who like themselves - I don't want to see them!

Yourself People You Earth Know Want

We do care about control and privacy. It's one of the reasons we are so focused on having our systems be open source, so you or someone technically savvy you know can verify what the software is doing.

Control Care Someone Doing You Know

There's the soundtrack to The French Connection II'I think It's my favorite soundtrack. It hasn't been released. I actually had to go and get the film and just make a recording of it to get the music.

Jonny Greenwood

Music Think Connection Go Film Get

You have to be damn certain you're putting something better in its place.

Jonathan Dimbleby

Better You Place Damn Something

Now, I'm not the kind of guy who likes to look in the mirror and say, 'Oh, you're the best.'

Mirror Best You Look Say Kind

Here's what I know about political campaigns: no matter what you map out at the beginning, it's always different at the end.

Beginning End Political You Know

For the longest time, the way that I had understood 4chan was this idea that the lack of an archive made the content really ephemeral, and it took me a while, but I finally realized that that's just totally wrong.

Christopher Poole

Time Me Wrong Way Content Just

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