Opening preview/quicktime etc opens all recently viewed items. how do i turn this feature off?

since upgrading to Lion, I've noticed that when opening programs such as preview and quicktime it opens up a slew of recently viewed items. i can imagine how this could be a nice feature for one that is referencing said items, but i find it to be a nuisance and i dont like the screen clutter that comes from this. id like to instead open WHAT I want to open vs what my MBP thinks i might want to look at. is there a way to turn this off? its driving me nuts.

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