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“Cognitive states of mind are seldom addictive, since they depend upon exploration of the world, and the individual encounter with the individual object, whose appeal is outside the subject's control. Addiction arises when the subject has full control over a pleasure and can ponder it at will. It is primarily a matter of sensory pleasure, and involves a kind of short-circuiting of the pleasure network. Addiction is characterized by a loss of the emotional dynamic that would otherwise govern an outward-directed, cognitively creative life.”

“Every sermon must have a solid rest in Scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which belongs to well-thought argument, and the warmth that proceeds from earnest appeal.”

Wells Clear Subjects Argument Conviction Scripture Appeals Warmth Preaching Earnest Sermons

Book:On Preaching

Source: On Preaching

“The good photographer will produce a competent picture every time whatever his subject. But only when his subject makes and immediate and direct appeal to his own interests will he produce a work of distinction.”

Interest Subjects Produce Direct Photographer Appeals Distinction Competent

Book:Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography

Source: Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography

“I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.”

Subjects Universal Appeals Cinema

Author:Om Puri