"The flood of photos sweeps away the dams of memory. Never before has a period known so little about itself. In the hands of the ruling society, the invention of illustrated magazines is one of the most powerful means of organizing a strike against understanding... The 'image-idea' drives away the idea."

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Source : Siegfried Kracauer, Thomas Y. Levin (1995). “The Mass Ornament: Weimar Essays”, p.58, Harvard University Press

Siegfried Kracauer

#Memories Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Friendship is a precious thing, Sayuri. One mustn't throw it away.”
“If I can laugh, I can live.”
“The reason good women like me and flock to my pictures is that there is a little bit of vampire instinct in every woman.”
“The great disadvantage of being in a rat race is that it is humiliating. The competitors in a rat race are by definition rodents.”
“Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.”
“The Philippines has no policy that demands sacrifice of human lives.”

Source : Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo (2004). “A Compilation of Selected Presidential Speeches: Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines”
“To a lesser extent (they like) the whites and reds, but blues, yellows and oranges are the main bee flowers. Although there are very good white bee flowers - white sweet clover is the best honey plant in the world.”
“I did not have one bad spell during writing - an unprecedented record.”

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