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Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

“Photographs are not ideas. They give us ideas.”

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This book delves into the origins, development, and consequences of colonialism and its successor, neocolonialism. It examines the political, economic, and social dynamics involved in these phenomena, providing insights into their enduring effects on both colonizing and colonized nations. more

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Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, writer, and playwright, born on June 21, 1905, and died on April 15, 1980. He is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, renowned for his existentialist philosophy. Sartre's works spanned across philosophy, literature, and drama, and had a profound impact on later generations. more

“There are photographers who push for war because they make stories. They search for a Chinese who has a more Chinese are than the others and they end up finding one. They have him take a typically Chinese pose and surround him with chinoiseries. What have they captured on their film? A Chinese? Definitely not: the idea of the Chinese.”

Ideas War Ends Stories Film Findings Photographer Chinese Surround Captured

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.”

Past Forget Deals Terrible Forgiving South Never Forget Recalls South Africa

Author:Nelson Mandela

“When I was in high school I made the discovery that if I was playing in a jazz club, and there were black people in the club, if I could get the black people to like what I was doing, I was on the right track. So I began to play to those people because they knew what the authentic music was. I've always had that in the back of my head.”

People Ifs Made Play School Black Audience High School Discovery Jazz Track Clubs If I Could Black People Right Track

Author:Paul Smoker

“I go down to New York, do the project, and leave. I have no interest in participating in the rat race down there. Hip jazz fans know who I am. There's a generation of musicians in New York who know my records better than I do.”