Quote by Jean Baudrillard
In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection o

In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning. – Jean Baudrillard

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Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark, of night, of the other side of things. – Jean Baudrillard

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Fear
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Neither dead nor alive, the hostage is suspended by an incalculable outcome. It is not his destiny that awaits for him, nor his own death, but anonymous chance, which can only seem to him something absolutely arbitrary. He is in a state of radical emergency, of virtual extermination. – Jean Baudrillard

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Terrorism
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In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonor or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid of dying fools. Now the fact is that there is no Extreme Unction to absolve us of foolishness. We endure it here on earth as subjective eternity. – Jean Baudrillard

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Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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Learning

By keeping my hand in that, its the way I keep learning. The main way you learn in medicine is by practicing and working with patients. – Andrew Weil

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Learning

Learning about all those different things psychologically – about grief and my own addictions and problems and stuff like that, and really getting an education on it, I think it was part of the process of it, learning about it and trying to lick it. – Richie Sambora

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Learning

I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s. – Lionel Hampton

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Learning

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A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. Its the same qualities I require from a man. – Catherine Deneuve

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Humor

Ideology… is indispensable in any society if men are to be formed, transformed and equipped to respond to the demands of their conditions of existence. – Louis Althusser

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Society

If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesnt run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. Were going to run on the presidents strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term. – Ed Gillespie

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Leadership

You know, Im a television personality. Its not like Im a famous hooker or something! – Brett Somers

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famous