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'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would become the most biographical of my photographs - an abstract image of the landscape and life of northern Ohio where I grew up and first practiced photography.

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Isabel Allende

The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses.

Chooses, Gives, Giving, Life, Lying, Order

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You spend the first part of your life collecting things. . . and the second half getting rid of them.

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Those who seek the truth run the risk of finding it.

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Every person is born with a talent, and happiness depends on discovering that talent in time.

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What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.

Abuse, Abuse Of Power, Fear, Impunity, Power

Reading is like looking through several windows which open to an infinite landscape. . . . For me life without reading would be like being in prison, it would be as if my spirit were in a straightjacket; life would be a very dark and narrow place.

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'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would become the most biographical of my photographs - an abstract image of the landscape and life of northern Ohio where I grew up and first practiced photography.

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