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Photographer

Roger Caras was an outstanding photographer renowned for his unique perspective and exquisite skills. His works covered a wide range of fields from wildlife photography to social documentation, leaving behind a rich visual heritage for future generations.

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“In Egypt: Under no conditions, under threat of death could anyone kill a cat. People were exceuted for even killing a cat accidentally. And when a cat died, the whole family, and probably their closest friends, went into mourning, the measure of their personal loss signalled by their shaving off their eyebrows.”

People Whole Loss Conditions Cat Died Threat Killing Mourning Closest Egypt Eyebrows Whole Family Shaving Closest Friends Personal Loss

Author:Roger Caras

“Cats are a tonic, they are a laugh, they are a cuddle, they are at least pretty just about all of the time and beautiful some of the time.”

Beautiful Laughing Cat

Book:Cat is Watching

Source: Cat is Watching

“Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr. [...] Almost all cats make us feel good about ourselves because they let us know they feel good about us, about themselves, and about our relationship with them. A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test paper. It is a reinforcement of soemthing we would all like to believe about ourselves -- that we are nice.”

Knows World Feels Believe Form Stars Sound Nice Paper Cat Gold Tests Praise Feel Good Satisfying Our Relationship Purring Reinforcement Purring Cats

Book:A celebration of cats

Source: A celebration of cats

“A cat knows how to be comfortable, how to get the people around it to serve it. In a tranquil domestic situation, the cat is a veritable manipulative genius. It seeks the soft, it seeks the warm, it prefers the quiet and it loves to be full. It displays, when it gets its own way in these matters, a degree of contentment we would all like to emulate.”

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Book:A celebration of cats

Source: A celebration of cats

“Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible.”

Way Feels Cat Feel Good Cooperatives Funny Cat Cat Lover Inspirational Cat

Book:Cat is Watching

Source: Cat is Watching

“We are the ones who have high blood pressure, ulcers, and heart attacks, not cats.”

Heart Blood Cat Pressure Heart Attack Blood Pressure High Blood Pressure Ulcers

Author:Roger Caras

“Anyone who has owned many cats in long succession can define his or her life as a series of furry episodes.”

Long Cat Series Episodes Succession Furry

Book:A celebration of cats

Source: A celebration of cats

“Cats virtually always underestimate human intelligence just as we, perhaps, underestimate theirs.”

Humans Cat Underestimate Human Intelligence

Book:Cat is Watching

Source: Cat is Watching

“Why cat were given such terrific peripheral vision when they spend so much time looking down their noses is difficult to understand.”

Given Difficult Vision Cat Noses Terrific Looking Down Peripheral Vision

Book:Cat is Watching

Source: Cat is Watching

About the Author

Born: May 28, 1928
Died: February 18, 2001
Known for: Photographer
Quotes: 27

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