Quote by John Berger
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

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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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Envy / Jealousy
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The strange power of art is sometimes it can show that what people have in common is more urgent than what differentiates them. It seems to me its something that theatre can do, but its rare; its very rare. – John Berger

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Art
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Publicity is the life of this culture — in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive — and at the same time publicity is its dream. – John Berger

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

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Animals

I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em. – Hilaire Belloc

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Animals

It is a perversely human perception that animals in their native habitat are running wild. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Animals

It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being. – Henry David Thoreau

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Animals

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Meditation is simply seeing reality and acknowledging it with bare honesty. – Bo Lozoff

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Meditation

Policy is the people you work with. – William Gaskill

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Principles

A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden. – Samuel Johnson

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Cows

Nothing endures but change. – Heraclitus

Category:
Change