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Quote by Roland Barthes
The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of tro

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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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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Society
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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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Never try to look into both eyes at the same time. Switch your gaze from one eye to the other. That signals warmth and sincerity. – Dorothy Sarnoff

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The best interviews — like the best biographies — should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race. – Lynn Barber

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Interviews

My opposition To Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language. – James Thurber

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Interviews

It rots a writers brain, it cretinises you. You say the same thing again and again, and when you do that happily youre well on the way to being a cretin. Or a politician. – John Updike

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Interviews

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