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Quote by Jean Baudrillard
There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you. – Jean Baudrillard

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Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise is just paradise. Mournful, monotonous, and superficial though it may be, it is paradise. There is no other. – Jean Baudrillard

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Paradise, Utopia
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Jean Baudrillard
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Mistakes, scandals, and failures no longer signal catastrophe. The crucial thing is that they be made credible, and that the public be made aware of the efforts being expended in that direction. The marketing immunity of governments is similar to that of the major brands of washing powder. – Jean Baudrillard

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Mistakes
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Jean Baudrillard
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Television
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Television: A medium – so called because it is neither rare nor well done. – Ernie Kovacs

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Television

The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little. – Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of the Sun

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Television

Television thrives on unreason, and unreason thrives on television. It strikes at the emotions rather than the intellect. – Sir Robin Day

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Television

On cable TV they have a weather channel – 24 hours of weather. We had something like that where I grew up. We called it a window. – Dan Spencer

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Television

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And of course Ive got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. Im now part of a phenomenon. You become incredibly cool to your kids, and you get a young fan base. So you became the cool dad at school. Youre suddenly hip. – Gary Oldman

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