- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Glorifying Quotes
Where admiration ends and myth-making begins.
This glorifying quotes collection looks at the fine line between appreciating history and rewriting it, from a wildlife photographer who avoids romanticizing animals to commentary on America's fascination with successful villains.
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- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
David Gulden captures animals in all their wonder and intrigue, without glorifying or romanticizing them. He knows Kenya's wildlife intimately, and it shows in the depth of his images. He has an artist's eye, which delivers beauty and transport in every picture.
- Isolation
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- Nov 07, 2020
My habit of glorifying things far away in space and time, also contributed to my social isolation.
- Nov 07, 2020
From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
America has this fascination with glorifying the villain and not talking about the trials and tribulations. We tell the story of the successful villain a lot of times, but we don't tell the story of the people who don't come out so successful, and we don't tell the story of all the bystanders of that choice.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Handmaid's Tale' is not a book or show advocating enslaving women or creating a theocracy. It's not glorifying that. It's talking about what happens if that happens.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything is not black-and-white. I'm really interested in the gray area - not justifying it, not glorifying it, not condoning it, but at least having people see there's a genesis for every event in our lives. There's some divine order to it, whether it's ugly or beautiful.
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm interested in glorifying something that we in the world would say doesn't deserve being glorified. Something that's forgotten, focused on as though it were some sort of sacred object.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020