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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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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We have dreamt of every woman there is, and dreamt too of the miracle that would bring us the pleasure of being a woman, for women have all the qualities — courage, passion, the capacity to love, cunning — whereas all our imagination can do is naively pile up the illusion of courage. – Jean Baudrillard

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Women
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If everything is perfect, language is useless. This is true for animals. If animals dont speak, its because everythings perfect for them. If one day they start to speak, it will be because the world has lost a certain sort of perfection. – Jean Baudrillard

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Language
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Other Quotes from
Television
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Your cable television is experiencing difficulties. Please do not panic. Resist the temptation to read or talk to loved ones. Do not attempt sexual relations, as years of TV radiation have left your genitals withered and useless. – Matt Groening, The Simpsons

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Television

Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object. – Author Unknown

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Television

Ninety-eight percent of American homes have TV sets, which means the people in the other 2% have to generate their own sex and violence. – Attributed to Gene Baylos

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Television

So why do people keep on watching? The answer, by now, should be perfectly obvious: we love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist. In fact, deep in their hearts, this is what the spuds crave most: a rich, new, participatory life. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Television

Random Quotes

In terms of number of movies, Ive been in an extraordinary amount. If you count only the minutes Im onscreen, its not so long. – Wallace Shawn

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movies

We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn’t matter. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

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Friendship

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. – William Ellery Channing

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Faith

Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an afterlife. – Arianna Stassinopoulos

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Society