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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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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What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time. – John Berger

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I have heard it said that the first ingredient of success — the earliest spark in the dreaming youth — if this; dream a great dream. – John A. Appleman

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I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsys actual singing voice. That was my way into that character. – Jessica Lange

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Dreams

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams. – Jesse Jackson

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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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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved. – George Eliot

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If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression. – Edward Hopper

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I was thinking of my patients, and how the worst moment for them was when they discovered they were masters of their own fate. It was not a matter of bad or good luck. When they could no longer blame fate, they were in despair. – Anaïs Nin

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Whats got me excited about the education space is the growth of the Internet over the next 10, 20, 30 years. – Reed Hastings

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