"As the possibilities for straightforward photography seem to have become exhausted it has been the photographers who know about the history of art, not simply the history of photography, who have shaped important directions for the future."

-- Van Deren Coke

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“The simplest science book is over my head.”

Source : James Ingram Merrill (2004). “Collected Prose”, Knopf
“Has the international criminal court avoided opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza due to political pressure. The answer is an unequivocal â€œnoâ€. As prosecutor of the ICC, I reject any suggestion of this in the strongest terms.”
“You will be led to do the right thing at the right time and in the right way.”
“When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.”

Source : Interview with Ann McFerran, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2005.
“I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter.”
“Denial was a weapon; it killed truth, numbed the mind, and I was a junkie.”

Source : John Hart (2010). “The King of Lies”, p.72, Macmillan
“Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.”
“In diminishing the role of the worker's body in the labor process, industrial technology has also tended to diminish the importance of the worker. In creating jobs that require less human effort, industrial technology has also been used to create jobs that require less human talent. In creating jobs that demand less of the body, industrial production has also tended to create jobs that give less to the body, in terms of opportunities to accrue knowledge on the production process.”

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