"...the world has become a photographable present, and the photographed present has been entirely eternalized. Seemingly ripped from the clutch of death, in reality it has succumbed to it."

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Source : Siegfried Kracauer, Thomas Y. Levin (1995). “The Mass Ornament: Weimar Essays”, p.59, Harvard University Press

Siegfried Kracauer

#Reality Quotes #World Quotes #Clutch Quotes

“Your children are not the same. Not at all. Each one is unique. There are no "boiler plate" clauses that fit all children. They are like snowflakes with their own patterns and their own shapes and their own sizes.”

Source : Bob Benson (1987). “He Speaks Softly-LP”, W Pub Group
“A general â€œlaw of least effortâ€ applies to cognitive as well as physical exertion. The law asserts that if there are several ways of achieving the same goal, people will eventually gravitate to the least demanding course of action. In the economy of action, effort is a cost, and the acquisition of skill is driven by the balance of benefits and costs. Laziness is built deep into our nature.”
“The real practice of love goes beyond satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Wallowing in pleasure can be just as limiting as wallowing in pain if you don't open your heart beyond the satisfaction of your personal emotional needs.”
“I feel that one species, mankind, doesn't have the right to exterminate”
“you can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces.”

Source : A Confederacy of Dunces (published 1980), ch.9, pt.1.
“Fine and delicate taste is the fruit of education and experience.”
“I'm involved in everything from highly progressive lighting systems to airline interiors. In the field of transportation I can go from the micro to the macro: architecture, transportation, industrial product design, right across the board. It's Russian dollism, because they all interrelate: one goes into the other.”

Source : CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. September 27, 2007.
“I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer.”

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