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«Photography suits the temper of this age -- of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.»
Author: Edward Weston
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«Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.»
«Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.»
«Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.»
Author: May Sarton
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«The madness of depression is the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the slowed-down responses, near paralysis, psychic energy throttled back close to zero. Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained.»
Author: William Styron
(Novelist, Writer)
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«I've often thought that the process of aging could be slowed down if it had to go through Congress.»
«Those who are slow to know suppose that slowness is the essence of knowledge»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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«We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time.»
«Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.»
Author: Mother Teresa of Calcutta
(Founder, Missionary)
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«To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
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