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like every mass art form, photography is not practiced by most people as an art. It is mainly a social rite, a defense against anxiety, and a tool of power.
“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
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“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.”
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“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
― Books and You
― Books and You
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
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“We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.”
― The God Delusion
― The God Delusion
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