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Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.

“History is a great teacher. Now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to undreamed of levels of production. Those who attack labor forget these simple truths, but history remembers them.”

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist known for his nonviolent protest and advocacy for equal rights. His 'I Have a Dream' speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 became a significant milestone in the American civil rights movement. more

“I want to enjoy the languor of just living, recognizing, acknowledging, taking it in, sort of amplifying it in some way. [Photography] is a great medium for that. It happens in an instant, but it gives you hours or days of time to reflect on things. It’s a beautiful system, this game of photography, to see in an instant and go back and think about later on. It’s pure philosophy. And poetry.”

Thinking Way Want Giving Philosophy Happens Beautiful Games Enjoy Hours Pure Photography Mediums Instant Recognizing

Author:Joel Meyerowitz

“The photograph is like a quotation, or a maxim or proverb. Each of us mentally stocks hundreds of photographs, subject to instant recall.”

Subjects Photograph Instant Recalls Quotations Maxims

Book:Regarding the Pain of Others

Source: Regarding the Pain of Others

“I like to photograph people who have strength and dignity in their faces. Whatever life has done to them, it hasn’t destroyed them.”

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Author:Paul Strand

Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.

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