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pictures of life grinding to a halt decorating walls movement in dead motion limbs askew mouths stretched wide in motionless scream. art as we see it – feeling it’s another story. so does art imitate life or does life imitate A—R—T and where does it end – on cold walls before disinterested observers? – Scott C. Holstad	added by scottholstad 1 year ago
To be honest, as I was filming, I had hoped that she will be alive, but I knew seeing her motionless she had been killed, her picture doesn't leave my life and memory, everything I say or do or touch, I see her. – Majdi Banura	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There is an initial reasonableness in trying to just get George Floyd under control in the first few seconds, but once there was no longer any resistance and clearly when George Floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless, to continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back -- that in no way shape or form is anything that is by policy. It is not part of our training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values. – Medaria Arradondo	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There's video that the family understands exists, that after seven minutes of him laying motionless on the ground, they did put him in handcuffs, so we're demanding that the other police bodycam video be released so the world can see that they continued to show disrespect to unarmed Black people. – Ben Crump	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We can see after a little bit less than four minutes that Mr. Floyd is motionless, lifeless. – Michael Baden	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Life is in infinite motion; at the same time it is motionless. – Debasish Mridha, M.D.	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket--safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable. – C. S. Lewis	added by anonymous 13 years ago
There is not a flower or bird in sight, only a small screen on which lines are moving, while the child sits almost motionless, pushing at the keyboard with one finger. As a learning environment, it may be mentally rich, but it is perceptually extremely impoverished. No smells or tastes, no wind or bird song (unless the computer is programmed to produce electronic tweets), no connection with soil, water, sunlight, warmth, the actual learning environment is almost autistic in quality, impoverished sensually, emotionally, and socially. – John Davy	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze. – Titus Livius	added by anonymous 14 years ago

pictures of life grinding to a halt decorating walls movement in dead motion limbs askew mouths stretched wide in motionless scream. art as we see it – feeling it’s another story. so does art imitate life or does life imitate A—R—T and where does it end – on cold walls before disinterested observers?

– Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
1 year ago

To be honest, as I was filming, I had hoped that she will be alive, but I knew seeing her motionless she had been killed, her picture doesn't leave my life and memory, everything I say or do or touch, I see her.

– Majdi Banura

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is an initial reasonableness in trying to just get George Floyd under control in the first few seconds, but once there was no longer any resistance and clearly when George Floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless, to continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back -- that in no way shape or form is anything that is by policy. It is not part of our training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values.

– Medaria Arradondo

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's video that the family understands exists, that after seven minutes of him laying motionless on the ground, they did put him in handcuffs, so we're demanding that the other police bodycam video be released so the world can see that they continued to show disrespect to unarmed Black people.

– Ben Crump

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We can see after a little bit less than four minutes that Mr. Floyd is motionless, lifeless.

– Michael Baden

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Life is in infinite motion; at the same time it is motionless.

– Debasish Mridha, M.D.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket--safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.

– C. S. Lewis

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There is not a flower or bird in sight, only a small screen on which lines are moving, while the child sits almost motionless, pushing at the keyboard with one finger. As a learning environment, it may be mentally rich, but it is perceptually extremely impoverished. No smells or tastes, no wind or bird song (unless the computer is programmed to produce electronic tweets), no connection with soil, water, sunlight, warmth, the actual learning environment is almost autistic in quality, impoverished sensually, emotionally, and socially.

– John Davy

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

– Titus Livius

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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