Quote by John Berger
The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly w

The human imagination… has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open. – John Berger

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Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why –but the editorialists forget it –terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking. – John Berger

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Words
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Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily media add to this by cutting off the past. Which means that critical opinion is often orphaned in the present. – John Berger

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Criticism
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Nakedness reveals itself.
Nudity is placed on display.
The nude is condemned to never
being naked.
Nudity is a form of dress. – John Berger

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Nudity
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Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together. – Anais Nin

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Dreams

The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. – Marya Mannes

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Dreams

A dream is a microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul. – Erich Fromm (Thanks, Sarah)

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Dreams

Im very ambitious. I live in reality but I have dreams I want to fulfill – I want to be a director, and Ive already started my own production company. But I also have a measure of success that I keep to myself. Its something very personal to me. – Alex Pettyfer

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Dreams

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There were many women around. We all had a relationship with each other that was very strong. And all of our minds kind of hooked up. We rejected the society. We rejected marriage because we didnt like what our parents had. – Lynette Fromme

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relationship

For me, the best times are always going to be the most intense, the ones with the highest highs and the lowest lows. – Fiona Apple

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best

I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. – Olivia Wilde

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Graduation

For people who live on expectations, to face up to their realization is something of an ordeal. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Miscellaneous