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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

Other quotes by John Berger

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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John Berger
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A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and and not by a but. – John Berger

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Animals
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John Berger
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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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Dreams
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John Berger
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In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past – Henri Frederic Amiel

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As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebodys good old days. – Gerald Barzan

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Past, the

What is past and cannot be prevented should not be grieved for. – American Indian Proverb

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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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