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I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
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...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are not music… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
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In the forests of central India and in many, many rural areas, a huge battle is being waged. Millions of people are… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
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. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
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If we look at Germany's infrastructure policy, it has been driven by its mission-oriented focus on green infrastructure. This affects both innovation… — Mariana Mazzucato Copy Share Image
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The war in Afghanistan was fought for feminist reasons, and the Marines were really on this feminist mission. But today, all the… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
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These movies belonged to the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries that period of great, unsustainable, and hedonistic prosperity, driven by the burning… — Robert Charles Wilson Copy Share Image
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![“. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead of looking for content. This is a great disservice to the cinema. It is like judging a novel only by the quality of its prose. I was guilty of the same sin when I first…” quote by Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/871/orson-welles-1628_cinema_you-film-critics-always-overstress-the-v_573619.jpg)
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