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Quote by Jean Baudrillard
The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it. – Jean Baudrillard

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Here in the U.S., culture is not that delicious panacea which we Europeans consume in a sacramental mental space and which has its own special columns in the newspapers – Jean Baudrillard

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America
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Jean Baudrillard
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Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly. – Jean Baudrillard

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Death
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More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill – none have wrestled without pride. – Dan Gable

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Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. – Lao Tzu

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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. – Frederick Douglass

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The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great. – Voltaire

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No, Im happy to go on living the life Ive chosen. Im a university teacher and I like my job. – Antonio Tabucchi

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The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever before. – William Hague

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Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness. – Cyril Connolly

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