Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize.
quote by Christopher Lasch
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Observer
OBSERVER
I’ve been an observer all my life,
of middle class, wealthy and poverty’s strife.
I’ve been an observer of child abuse, love and loyalty,
Prejudice, betrayal and myths of society.
I’ve observed hypocrisy, mind games and planetary dream.
None of this has affected my soul,
duality has helped me learn and grow.
For God’s way will always be, just look at what’s not working in society.
It’s not man’s plan but God’ cosmology.
Written by Christina Sunrise on September 6,2011
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poem by Christina Sunrise
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Loving life to the death: Robert Capa
Behind the lens, the eye of the photographer;
behind the eye, the observer;
behind the observer, the immortal soul:
Robert Capa shot
(as they say) five major wars
as mankind’s record
of man’s inhumanity to man.
Finally, was shot himself.
When asked for advice
by a young photographer, he said,
“Like people; and let them know it..”
And so he printed out his soul.
poem by Michael Shepherd
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What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.
quote by Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Sonnet: All Things Are Beautiful
Be it a mountain or a little mount,
Be it a hillock or a mighty hill,
Be it a waterfall or little fount,
There is much beauty that a heart can fill!
The size or color does not matter much;
The place or face of things isn’t important;
Beauty depends on the observer’s touch,
Of being lured in ways significant.
Each artist knows the value of his heart;
The Potter knows the price of every pot;
All things have beauty innate or in part;
There is a world within a single dot!
The state of mind and exposure matters;
The careless observer always falters.
7-19-2002
poem by John Celes
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I awake with a not entirely sickened knowledge that I am merely young again and in a funny way at peace, an observer who is aware of time's chariot, aware that some metamorphosis has occurred.
quote by Harold Brodkey
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Padlocked In A Box To Stop Further Production
No,
I would not say I could ever be an image maker.
That kind of responsibility should require tact.
At least 'some' of it with no holding back.
However,
I can say I am an observer of those images made.
With a wish I had been consulted,
Prior to their creations.
Since many rear-ends seen today seem on purpose to offend.
And it is impossible for me to be the only one insulted by them.
With the brimming to the rim to spill such disgusting 'butts'.
And a freedom given to have some of them I've seen,
Exposed like they are to parade publicly on the streets.
My vision increasingly has become demeaned.
No,
I would not say I could ever be an image maker.
However,
I can say I am an observer of those images made.
With a wish I had been consulted,
Prior to their creations.
Padlocked in a box to stop further production.
With a key to bury never to be found.
That's how I would have handled...
Many of today's images that have gotten out of hand.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Margaret Thatcher in in Observer (4 April 1989)
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You can say I give you this information as a dispassionate observer.
quote by Bill Goldberg
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A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.
quote by George Savile
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A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?
quote by Jack Schwartz
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I'm just an observer of Java, and where Microsoft wants to go with C# is too early to tell.
quote by Dennis Ritchie
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I was a close observer of the developments in molecular biology.
quote by John Pople
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Cruelty is like hope: it springs eternal.
Anthony Daniels in The Observer (1998)
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The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed.
quote by Teilhard de Chardin
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The detached observer's view is one window on the world.
quote by Kenneth L. Pike
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That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer.
quote by Peter Bichsel
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
Igor Stravinsky in Observer (8 October 1961)
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Dreaming Hereafter
If i ask what would be most profoundest of dream
The answer would be imagining hereafter
The man himself is twice removed from reality
Due to the fallacy created by the charm of non-reality
Which is quite abysmal in taste devoid of scent
Like a scentless flower like a trashy substance in a basket
The buds can only bloom where where there is reality with meaning
Which is not the copy of copy to decode its meaning
That world is unimaginable with its frugality
And the fact is actually a factual reality
poem by Hafiz Qasim
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The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it.
Michael Howard in The Observer (1980)
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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
Judy Garland in The Observer (1951)
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