John Berger Quotes
One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.
Quotes to Explore
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In those years of the Fifties, in London and New York, I lived, without knowing it, in a time when the profoundest changes were happening: when a radical alteration was getting ready to happen in the way a society saw young girls. And, as a consequence, in the way they saw themselves.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
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I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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At school, I was a tomboy, and it would be me and all my guy friends.
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I got beat up up in Texas because my bootlaces were the wrong color.
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.
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So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that.
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.
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The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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It is now possible to target adverts to the right person at the right time in the right place. But that is not enough.
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I grew up in a very westernised environment and went to a private American school. But my personality was shy and quiet, and I wanted to wear the hijab but didn't have the courage, as I knew my friends would talk me out of it.
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So let me be thy choir, and make a moanUpon the midnight hours
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I think we are coming to a new era where people will record much faster.
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If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.
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One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.
