Quote by Susan Sontag
The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possib

The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities. – Susan Sontag

Other quotes by Susan Sontag

To take a photograph is to participate in another persons mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to times relentless melt. – Susan Sontag

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Time
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For those who live neither with religious consolations about death nor with a sense of death (or of anything else) as natural, death is the obscene mystery, the ultimate affront, the thing that cannot be controlled. It can only be denied. – Susan Sontag

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Death
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Histories are a kind of distilled newspapers. – Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship

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History

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970. – Tom Hayden

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History

In fact history does not belong to us but we belong to it. – Hans-Georg Gadamer

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History

Robots have a rich and storied history in movies. – John Podhoretz

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History

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Negative humor is forgotten immediately. Its the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter childrens books. – Berkeley Breathed

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Success is not a destination, but the road that youre on. Being successful means that youre working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. Thats living your dream. – Marlon Wayans

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Success

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation. – Andy Murray

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Success

I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally. – W. C. Fields

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Equality