“I'm such a jerk; it had never occurred to me that when we look at a photo from the front, the eyes reproduce exactly the position and the vision of the lens; it's these things that are taken for granted and it never occurs to anyone to think about them.” ThinkingLooksEyeVisionTakenFrontsPositionGrantedLensesJerkTaken For Granted Book:Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much Source: Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much
“One of the many ways of contesting level-zero, and one of the best, is to take photographs, an activity in which one should start becoming adept very early in life, teach it to children since it requires discipline, aesthetic education, a good eye and steady fingers.” WayShouldChildrenEyeLevelsTeachBecomingDisciplineActivityFingersPhotographZeroSteadyAestheticAdeptLife Teaches Book:Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much Source: Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much
“With all the trouble black people have, they try to forget on weekends. You've got to be good to make them laugh.” PeopleTryingBlackForgetLaughingTroubleBe GoodBlack PeopleWeekend Author:Flip Wilson
“Any dramatic series the producers want us to take seriously as a representationof contemporary reality cannot be taken seriously as a representation ofanything - except a show to be ignored by anyone capable of sitting uprightin a chair and chewing gum simultaneously.” WantShowsRealityTakenCapableSittingSeriesContemporaryProducersDramaticChairsRepresentationIgnoredWant UGumChewingChewing Gum Author:Richard Schickel
“Divorced, not loving their abandoned children as much as they loathe their former wives, directing a combination of need and hostility toward the women who drift in and out of their new lives, they are, as [one character] puts it, "involved in a variety of pharmaceutical experiments.” NeedsChildrenCharacterWifeInvolvedExperimentsFormerVarietyCombinationAbandonedNew LifeDivorcedHostilityLoathePharmaceutical Author:Richard Schickel
“There is a limbo of the lost through which American males of a certain age and status almost inevitably must pass these days.” AgeCertainLostMalesThese DaysLimbo Author:Richard Schickel
“The key to understanding the rise in inequality isn't technology or globalization. It's the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules of the market.” UnderstandingInterestTechnologyKeysShapesInequalityGlobalization Author:Robert Reich
“The only sure way to stop excessive risk taking on Wall Street so you don't risk losing your job, or your savings or your home, is to put an end to the excessive economic and political power of Wall Street by busting up the big banks.” WayEndsHomeBigsJobsPoliticalRiskEconomicStreetsWallLosingSavingSavingsPolitical PowerRisk-takingBusting Author:Robert Reich
“We are born, we grow up, we live our lives as best we can. If we are thoughtful we are good parents and good partners. If we are wise we strive for integrity and intimacy. If we are fortunate we discover love and joy. If we are able, we make the world a little better than we found it.” IfsWorldLoveLittlesAbleJoyFoundGrowsParentBornGrowing UpWiseOur LivesIntegrityStrivePartnersIntimacyFortunateThoughtfulGood Parent Author:Robert Reich