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Quote by Roland Barthes
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the pow

Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive. – Roland Barthes

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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. – Roland Barthes

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Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. – Roland Barthes

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I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high degree of difficulty. – Barbara Kruger

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Its sort of a feeling of power onstage. Its really the ability to make people smile, or just to turn them one way or another for that duration of time, and for it to have some effect later on. I dont really think its power… its the goodness. – Robert Plant

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He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power. – Plato

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I dont have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes theres a power greater than myself. And I always believe, dont inflict harm where its not necessary. – Michael J. Fox

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