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  • The camera has an uncanny ability to capture the world as it is, to seize events as they happen, and also to conjure visions of the future. But by the time the image reaches the eyes of the viewer, it belongs to the past, taking on the status of something retrieved.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : A. O. Scott Quotes , Eye Quotes , Past Quotes
  • I know The past and thence I will essay to glean A warning for the future, so that man May profit by his errors, and derive Experience from his folly; For, when the power of imparting joy Is equal to the will, the human soul Requires no other heaven.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes , Past Quotes , Men Quotes
  • I can document this past week [of presidency] we've put out memos from every agency showing what did we do. Try to be as honest as possible. There's a little hype involved obviously. It's spin because it's our agencies. We feel some pride about it. But tried to be self-critical as well.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Pride Quotes , Past Quotes
  • There is no one without faults, not even men of God. They are men of God not because they are faultless, but because they know their faults, they strive against them, they do not hide them, and are ever ready to correct themselves.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Past Quotes , Men Quotes
  • No one punishes the evil-doer under the notion, or for the reason, that he has done wrong -- only the unreasonable fury of a beast acts in that way. But he who desires to inflict rational punishment does not retaliate for a past wrong, for that which is done cannot be undone, but he has regard to the future, and is desirous that the man who is punished, and he who sees him punished, may be deterred from doing wrong again.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Plato Quotes , Past Quotes , Men Quotes