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And the geography of the thing--the geography of them--was completely and hopelessly wrong.

Jennifer E. Smith
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We’ve gone from a planet ruled by natural geography to political geography to kinetically functional geography to a cyber geography that is ruled by ideological variation rather than politically constructed boarders.

James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology
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The decline of geography in academia is easy to understand: we live in an age of ever-increasing specialization, and geography is a generalist's discipline. Imagine the poor geographer trying to explain to someone at a campus cocktail party (or even to an unsympathetic adminitrator) exactly what it is he or she studies. "Geography is Greek for 'writing about the earth.' We study the Earth.""Right, like geologists.""Well, yes, but we're interested in the whole world, not just the rocky bits. Geographers also study oceans, lakes, the water cycle...""So, it's like oceanography or hydrology.""And the atmosphere.""Meteorology, climatology...""It's broader than just physical geography. We're also interested in how humans relate to their planet.""How is that different from ecology or environmental science?""Well, it encompasses them. Aspects of them. But we also study the social and economic and cultural and geopolitical sides of--""Sociology, economics, cultural studies, poli sci.""Some geographers specialize in different world regions.""Ah, right, we have Asian and African and Latin American studies programs here. But I didn't know they were part of the geography department.""They're not."(Long pause.)"So, uh, what is it that do study then?

Ken Jennings
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I gradually became aware that my interiority was inseparable from my exteriority, that the geography of my city was the geography of my soul.

Aleksandar Hemon
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Do you understand the sadness of geography?

Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
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If one is seeking for Heaven on earth, has slept in geography class.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec
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To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

George Santayana
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Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries.

Truman Capote
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History rhymes, but geography endures.

Andrew C. Katen
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I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.

Randy Newman
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