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A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its por

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

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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Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does. – John Berger

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Photography
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John Berger
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Animals
category

I believe in animal rights, and high among them is the right to the gentle stroke of a human hand. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Animals

I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. – Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, 1907

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Animals

You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets. – Nora Ephron

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Animals

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. – Colette

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Animals

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I gave in, and admitted that God was God. – C. S. Lewis

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Faith

When you retire, its a place in life, a part of the journey. You just dont quit work you develop an attitude where you can do what you please. – Tom T. Hall

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Attitude

I was brought up in a very open, rural countryside in the middle of nowhere. There were no cell phones. If your lights went out, you were lit by candlelight for a good four days before they can get to you. And so, my imagination was crazy. – Juno Temple

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Imagination

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the authors soul. – Aldous Huxley

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good