"Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands. By ordinary standards of presidents, he is a decent man. But those standards aren't good enough. He's in a position either to kill or not to kill, and he's made the decision to kill."

-- Daniel Ellsberg

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“To me documentary photography means making a picture so that the viewer doesnâ€™t think about the man who made the picture. At its esthetic core is very old tradition in art: naturalism. And its purpose is to document all facets of social relationships.”
“Anybody who witnesses the suffering of animals and has a glimmer of hope of reducing that suffering can't take the position that it's all or nothing. We have to be pragmatic. Screw the principle.”
“perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque.”
“When I started, they told me I only needed 3 chords and the truth... It turned out I could manage with 2 and some vague ideas.”
“My object is to live in a place that does not call itself 'the community with a heart.' I want one of those godforsaken towns where all the young people leave and the rest sit on the porch with a rifle across their knees.”
“Industry, economy, honesty and kindness form a quartet of virtue that will never be improved upon.”
“My look is either very baroque or very Zen â€“ everything in between makes me itch.”
“Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of died off in the '80s.”

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