Quote by John Berger
Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the m

Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why –but the editorialists forget it –terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking. – 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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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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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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He dropped pejoratives like subliminal seasoning. – Jim Bishop

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A word from the mouth is like a stone from a sling. – Proverb

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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what we are given by the senses. – Hannah Arendt

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Words are all we have. – Samuel Beckett

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Friends applaud, the comedy is over. – Ludwig van Beethoven

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