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The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. -

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. – John Berger

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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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Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature. – 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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Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity. – John Adams

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There is nothing new, but what has become antiquated. – Proverb

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If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present. – Les Brown

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There is a way to look at the past. Dont hide from it. It will not catch you — if you dont repeat it. – Pearl Bailey

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