"The self-portrait is an act of objectifying the self and in that regard is a unique form of portraiture."

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Burton Silverman

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“Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.”
“That's not so important to me, that time thing.”
“The lens, that allegedly impartial eye, permits all possible distortions of reality... The importance of photography lies not only in the fact that it is a creation, but above all in the fact that it is one of the most effective means of shaping our ideas and influencing our behavior.”
“Taste is pursued at a less expense than fashion.”

Source : William Shenstone (1868). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.248
“People assume Wall Street is a certain culture and tech is a certain culture. But if you look at the (gender) numbers at the top of (those) industries, they don't vary very much. I think in finance, women hold 19 percent of the top jobs, and women are 21 percent of the leaders in nonprofits.”
“If numbers aren't beautiful, I don't know what is.”
“The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is.”
“Countries are different. They make different choices. We cannot harmonise everything.”

Source : David Cameron's Speech about his plans for a referendum on British membership of the European Union, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2013.

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