Quote by John Berger
One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home

One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man. – John Berger

Other quotes by John Berger

Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. – John Berger

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Experience
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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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The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget. – John Berger

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Other Quotes from
Language
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He swore at us in German (which I should judge to be a singularly effective language for that purpose)… – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889

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Language

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier. – Louise Bogan

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Language

What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Language

We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them. – Abigail Adams

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Language

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We believe, as our founders did, that the pursuit of happiness depends upon individual liberty and individual liberty requires limited government. – Paul Ryan

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