In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning.
JEAN BAUDRILLARDGoverning today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved – commitment to a scenario.
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Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.
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There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room.
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There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.
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This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other’s heart.
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Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.
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Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia.
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Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it.
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The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.
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Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.
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This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world.
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There is nothing funny about Halloween.
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It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are.
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The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today.
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Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated.
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Perhaps the world’s second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
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