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Born | April 9, 1967 |
Nationality | United States |
Education | University of Washington |
Employer | The Nielsen Company |
Title | Chief Software Architect |
Website | http://www.JayWhitney.com/ |
"The difference between the right word and the almost-right word is like the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." -- Mark Twain
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About my thoughtI know that love is a shared tautology. I know that it is one's past that puts one in the present. I know that I can't plan for what I can't imagine. ![]() I know that self-worth may result in net-worth, but net worth cannot result in self-worth. I know that tyranny is the heartless or mindless dominating the gifted. I know that there are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who do not. I know that you GET what you LET. I know that my three favorite animals are dolphins, sea turtles, and humans. I know that talking is teaching and that listening is learning. God gave us TWO ears and ONE mouth for a reason. I know that experts haven't tried everything but have tried enough to know what to expect. I know that skill is exertion replaced by experience or giftedness. I know that information is a power that yields choices which can bring me peace. I know that one form of self-preservation can be apathy blended with indifference mixed with ambivalence. I know that it's a problem only until I find a solution. I know that change requires leadership more than it requires management and that "change agent" is an oxymoron. I know that the mistakes we make in life are not so important as the lessons we draw from them. I know that knowledge attained during life is not so important as the ability to apply it, which we call wisdom. I know that the most powerful way to learn hate is to watch when love turns. I know that being lost is very close to being found. I like that Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach said, "In youth we learn; in age we understand." I'm amused that Oscar Wilde said "Nothing worth learning can ever be taught." (Certainly Keats and Yeats are on your side, while Wilde is on mine -- swinging cemetery gates that I understand) I like most that Mohandas K. Gandhi said, "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." |
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Born | April 9, 1967 |
Nationality | United States |
Education | University of Washington |
Employer | The Nielsen Company |
Title | Chief Software Architect |
Website | http://www.JayWhitney.com/ |
"The difference between the right word and the almost-right word is like the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." -- Mark Twain
About me
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About my thoughtI know that love is a shared tautology. I know that it is one's past that puts one in the present. I know that I can't plan for what I can't imagine. ![]() I know that self-worth may result in net-worth, but net worth cannot result in self-worth. I know that tyranny is the heartless or mindless dominating the gifted. I know that there are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who do not. I know that you GET what you LET. I know that my three favorite animals are dolphins, sea turtles, and humans. I know that talking is teaching and that listening is learning. God gave us TWO ears and ONE mouth for a reason. I know that experts haven't tried everything but have tried enough to know what to expect. I know that skill is exertion replaced by experience or giftedness. I know that information is a power that yields choices which can bring me peace. I know that one form of self-preservation can be apathy blended with indifference mixed with ambivalence. I know that it's a problem only until I find a solution. I know that change requires leadership more than it requires management and that "change agent" is an oxymoron. I know that the mistakes we make in life are not so important as the lessons we draw from them. I know that knowledge attained during life is not so important as the ability to apply it, which we call wisdom. I know that the most powerful way to learn hate is to watch when love turns. I know that being lost is very close to being found. I like that Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach said, "In youth we learn; in age we understand." I'm amused that Oscar Wilde said "Nothing worth learning can ever be taught." (Certainly Keats and Yeats are on your side, while Wilde is on mine -- swinging cemetery gates that I understand) I like most that Mohandas K. Gandhi said, "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." |
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