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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Ours is the century of enforced travel of disappearances. The century of people helplessly seeing others, who were close to them, disappear over the horizon. – John Berger

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Advertising is not merely an assembly of competing messages; it is a language itself which is always being used to make the same general proposal – John Berger

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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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Words are all we have. – Samuel Beckett

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When I was born I was so surprised I didnt talk for a year and a half. – Gracie Allen

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He dropped pejoratives like subliminal seasoning. – Jim Bishop

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