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

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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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The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power. – 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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There is nothing new, but what has become antiquated. – Proverb

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Past, the

Tis not to see the world
As from a height, with rapt prophetic eyes,
And heart profoundly stirred;
And weep, and feel the fullness of the past,
The years that are not more. – Matthew Arnold

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Past, the

Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity. – John Adams

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Past, the

The past should be a springboard, not a hammock. – Ivern Ball

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Past, the

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