A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably. - Horace

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I would say that the off-frame effect in photography results from a singular and definitive cutting-off which figures castration and is figured by the click of the shutter.

Horace

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

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It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity

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Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

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A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

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It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

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Never despair. [Nil desperandum. ]

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Ron Shelton

I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance.

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Ethan Suplee

I think about the period of, like, the '70s and early '80s where nobody had money to make big movies and there was no CGI or anything like that and people had to get super creative. And then, you know, when you've got somebody who can paint you any picture on a computer and you get hundreds of millions of dollars to make a movie, its almost like the creativity diminishes somewhat.

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Barry Goldwater

I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.

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Christian Metz

I would say that the off-frame effect in photography results from a singular and definitive cutting-off which figures castration and is figured by the click of the shutter.

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

[Writers are] the highest paid secretaries in the world.

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