"The development of fast film allowed the subjects of our photographs to be caught unawares, beyond our or their control. But they are nevertheless caught; the camera holds the last lanyard of control we would forgo."

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Source : Stanley Cavell (1979). “The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film”

Stanley Cavell

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“The Trojan War without Homer was nothing more than a battle over trade routes.”

Source : "Towards a Canada of Light". Book by B. W. Powe, 2006.
“Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains.”
“Ive always loved my red wine, and when Im not working I can open a bottle too many. I love to cook, so its one for me and one for the casserole. I would consume a bottle of wine on my own of an evening and then literally pass out.”
“Every morning, just like in Alabama, I got up with the sun, ate my breakfast even before my mother and sisters and brothers, and went to school, winter, spring, and fall alike to run and jump and bend my body this way and that for Mr. Charles Riley.”
“The faculty for remembering is not diminished in proportion to what one has learnt, just as little as the number of moulds in which you cast sand lessens its capacity for being cast in new moulds.”
“But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.”
“I'll never sing something that I've never been through. So even if I didn't write it, I have to have at least experienced it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Learning how to think" really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to chooseÂ how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot or will not exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.”

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