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“John Major. He dresses so well. And so quickly.”

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Gyles Brandreth is a British writer born on March 8, 1948. He is known for his humorous and witty writing style, with a career that includes autobiographies, novels, and children's literature. more

“Under examination by the camera, a human body becomes for its inhabitant a field of betrayal more than a ground of communication, and the camera's further power is manifested as it documents the individual's self-conscious efforts to control the body each time it is conscious of the camera's attention to it.”

Humans Self Body Individual Effort Attention Fields Communication Conscious Cameras Betrayal Documents Human Body Examination Self Conscious

Book:Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life

Source: Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life

“So far as photography satisfied a wish, it satisfied a wish not confined to painters, but a human wish, intensifying since the Reformation, to escape subjectivity and metaphysical isolation - a wish for power to reach this world, having for so long tried, at last hopelessly, to manifest fidelity to another... Photography overcame subjectivity in a way undreamed of by painting, one which does not so much defeat the act of painting as escape it altogether: by automatism, by removing the human agent from the act of reproduction.”

World Way Humans Long Doe Lasts Wish This World Painting Photography Defeat Satisfied Painter Agents Isolation Manifest Metaphysical Confined Fidelity Reformation Reproduction Subjectivity

Author:Stanley Cavell

“One impulse of photography, as immediate as its impulse to extend the visible, is to theatricalize its subjects. The photographer's command, Watch the birdie! is essentially a stage direction.”

Watches Subjects Stage Photography Photographer Command Impulse Visible Stage Directions

Book:The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film

Source: The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film

“So on the Tuesday night deadline, while Abu Qatada was appealing to European Court judges, the Home Secretary, who thought the deadline was Monday night, was partying with "X Factor" judges. When the Home Secretary is accused of not knowing what day of the week it is, confusion and chaos have turned into farce.”

Home Night Party Knowing Week Judging Court Chaos Confusion Factors Not Knowing Secretary Monday Accused Deadline Tuesday Farce Days Of The Week Monday Night Court Judges Tuesday Night

Author:Yvette Cooper

“I like the trivial, vulgar and exalted.”

Vulgar Exalted

Author:J. V. Cunningham

“Microsoft fears Intel is eventually going to create its own operating system and optimize its chips for its own OS, cutting Microsoft out of the picture. Kind of like what Microsoft allegedly does to people who write applications for Windows.”

People Writing Kind Doe Cutting Window Application Chips Microsoft Operating Systems

Author:John C. Dvorak

“I believe that Lady Gaga is like a carnival ride. From a distance she looks fun, but up close, you don't wanna climb on that.”

Believe Looks Fun I Believe Distance Climbs Gaga Carnivals Carnival Rides

Author:Bill Engvall

“God was havin' himself a good day when he made boobs. He must've stepped back from Eve and said, Yes ma'am! Those'll work.”

Made Said Good Day

Author:Bill Engvall

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