John Berger Quotes
What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I will never forget the will of the people who believed in me wherever I went during the election campaign.
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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Live every day as if it's going to be your last, and one day, you'll be right.
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I have had that same experience where there are several people who have come up in my life at the right time and have made critical contributions to how I see the world and how I see myself.
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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The Tao teaches us not to intervene and interfere. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone. And the people we love we have to learn to let them be.
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In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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Remember, the choices we make today shape the people we become tomorrow.
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But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure.
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My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.
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I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
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I've got a great eye for color. I'm like a chick.
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I don't even know how people read new fiction anymore because there's so much old fiction that exists that seems great that's unread. It's overwhelming to me. But, I mean, I do read. But there probably haven't been many people less literate than me that have been in 'The Paris Review.'
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I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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Just speaking for myself, I think the return of people to the Moon has a lot to offer for understanding the formation and evolution of terrestrial worlds; so would the exploration of near-Earth asteroids by people.
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We can never put ourselves in the shoes of children; we cannot fathom their thoughts, we lend them ours; and always following ourown reasoning, we stuff their heads with extravagance and error.
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What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.
