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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.' ↗

— Abigail Adams

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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since. ↗

— Abigail Adams

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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. ↗

— Abigail Adams

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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand. ↗

— Henry Adams

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When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. ↗

— Bryan Adams

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I'd been round the world a hundred times and had started to forget where I'd been. I knew I'd been there: it said it on the tour map. I could remember the name of the city but I couldn't remember what it was like - it was a massive blur. ↗

— Bryan Adams

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We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem. ↗

— Douglas Adams

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