Quote by Roland Barthes
The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... alway

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition… always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning. – Roland Barthes

Other quotes by Roland Barthes

What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth. – Roland Barthes

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Cynicism
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To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to imitate God; it is stealing from God the privilege of the spark. – Roland Barthes

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Sports
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Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the snack to the feast, from the conversation at the local caf? to the speech at a formal dinner. – Roland Barthes

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Wine
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I dont think we live in a particularly equal society. – Sienna Miller

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Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a products cost to society is reflected in the price of that product. – Eliot Spitzer

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I know what it feels like to carry a lot of weight in a society thats very image-conscious. Its a thin persons world, and we try to navigate within it without being made fun of. – Kevin Smith

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The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave. – James Connolly

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