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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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Roland Barthes
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The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized! – Roland Barthes

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Interviews
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The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society. – Clara Zetkin

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I want to initiate a change in society in the long term. – Francois Hollande

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