Quote by John Berger
Publicity is the life of this culture -- in so far as without publ

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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Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily media add to this by cutting off the past. Which means that critical opinion is often orphaned in the present. – John Berger

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Criticism
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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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Nudity
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The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget. – John Berger

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Photography
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Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment. The crypto-businessman is the true revolutionary in a Communist country. – Eric Hoffer

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Capitalism

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Capitalism

The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future. – Norman O. Brown

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Capitalism

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people. – Abraham Lincoln

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Capitalism

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The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history. – Will and Ariel Durant, Lessons of History

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History

Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set. – Joel Edgerton

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Knowledge

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice. – Leigh Hunt

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History

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. – Emily Dickinson

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Life