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W. Averell Harriman

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W. G. SEBALD Occasionally I write a small piece or the odd lecture in English, and I teach in English, but my fic...
W. G. SEBALD I don't want to talk about my trials and tribulations. Once you reveal even part of what your re...
W. G. SEBALD To my mind, it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy ...
W. G. SEBALD You could grow up in Germany in the postwar years without ever meeting a Jewish person. There were s...
W. G. SEBALD People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes,...
W. G. SEBALD I've always felt that the traditional novel doesn't give you enough information about the na...
W. G. SEBALD The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear t...
W. G. SEBALD It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You...
W. G. SEBALD In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; ther...
W. G. SEBALD I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.
W. EUGENE SMITH Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
W. EUGENE SMITH The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.
W. EUGENE SMITH If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day aft...
W. DANIEL HILLIS A human body is a conversation going on, both within the cells and between the cells, and they'r...
W. DANIEL HILLIS Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
W. D. RICHTER Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
W. D. RICHTER I think, of all the holidays we celebrate, my least favorite is Earth Day. For one thing, I never kn...
W. BRUCE CAMERON With a 3D printer, you could build your own car, one part at a time. When you were finished, you'...
W. BRUCE CAMERON 3D printers give us what we've all been craving: another reason to talk to technical support. Wh...
W. BRUCE CAMERON When you have a half slice of chocolate pie, it's as if you owe yourself the other half - what&#...
W. BRUCE CAMERON Most of what happens in the world is far beyond a dog's comprehension, so they must turn to thei...
W. BRUCE CAMERON I am a newspaper columnist and a professional screenwriter, but my real love is the novel for all th...
W. BRUCE CAMERON Not too many people know it, but when I was in junior high, I was a pretty tough kid and was the lea...
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