John Berger Quotes

Being a unique superpower undermines the military intelligence of strategy. To think strategically, one has to imagine oneself in the enemy's place. If one cannot do this, it is impossible to foresee, to take by surprise, to outflank. Misinterpreting an enemy can lead to defeat. This is how empires fall.

John Berger

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 5, 1926 - January 2, 2017

Topics

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People forget that when you're 16, you're probably more serious than you'll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions.

John Hughes

PeopleThinkQuestionsYouSerious

It's not so much that I don't like traveling, it's just that I love being home. I love being able to spend time with my friends.

Andy Roddick

LoveHomeTimeFriendsBeingJust

What Mona May taught me is that the most important thing about fashion is that you feel good in it.

Stacey Dash

GoodMeFeel GoodFashionFeelYou

Tape reading is a lost art that today is not very useful.

Steven A. Cohen

TodayArtReadingLostUsefulVery

No one is entertained by economics.

Michael Moore

EconomicsEntertained

All the issues you deal with get more complicated as you get older; it takes more focus to write songs that reflect what you've gone through.

Lou Barlow

FocusYouComplicatedMoreWrite

I will never be good at the oboe. No matter what happens, I will never be good at it because I just don't have that much time on my hands. I don't have the gift of going back to being a child and having my brain develop around this instrument.

Lola Kirke

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Success stems from the producer creating the optimal conditions for the filmmaker's own creative process. Not from steering the filmmaker through a one-size-fits-all approach.

Jason Blum

SuccessCreativeProcessCreating

If you want to get a facelift, get a facelift. Don't sit there and talk about why you got it because of the pressure.

Debra Winger

PressureYouWantWhyTalkSit

Five thousand people every day lose their home because of a medical bankruptcy. Most of them had insurance.

Debbie Stabenow

HomeDayMedicalPeopleInsurance

I wear myself out and struggle with the sun. And what a sun here! It would be necessary to paint here with gold and gemstones. It is wonderful.

Claude Monet

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It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.

Brooks Atkinson

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