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Truth has two beautiful daughters; their names are skepticism and faith. Skepticism to examine the past to make sure it was not full of lies, and faith to believe that the future won't be full of them also. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#choices #commonsense #decisions #faith #investigation

But the Constitution was made not only for southern and northern states, but for states neither northern nor southern, namely, the western states, their coming in being foreseen and provided for. ↗

— William H. Seward

#coming #constitution #foreseen #made #namely

It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it. ↗

— William H. Seward

#arbitrary #arbitrary power #domain #hold #indeed

The right to have a slave implies the right in some one to make the slave; that right must be equal and mutual, and this would resolve society into a state of perpetual war. ↗

— William H. Seward

#implies #into #make #must #mutual

For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and frustrating all in the same few moments in the darkroom. ↗

— John Sexton

#disappointing #exciting #few #frustrating #magic

When the object that is produced, the photographic image has the ability to make tears come to your eyes; to inspire you to the point where you have to catch your breath, then nothing else matters. ↗

— John Sexton

#breath #catch #come #else #eyes

And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very natural. All of a sudden I was in a forest of aluminum and steel rather than a forest that we might think of in a traditional sense. ↗

— John Sexton

#come #forest #forms #i #looking

And then as I frequently do, some times I'll peek out from underneath the focusing cloth and just look around the edges of the frame that I'm not seeing, see if there's something that should be adjusted in terms of changing the camera position. ↗

— John Sexton

#around #camera #changing #cloth #edges

I remembered seeing it and it was this metallic turbine and I thought it was beautiful. I had never been in a power plant before, but I felt, without being overly dramatic, compelled to make photographs of this for myself. ↗

— John Sexton

#been #before #being #compelled #dramatic

It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful. I was moving the camera slightly and studying the ground glass. Looking at those 20 square inches, trying to find out just what were the right elements to include. ↗

— John Sexton

#camera #elements #find #glass #green