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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day

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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The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition… always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning. – Roland Barthes

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Society
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Roland Barthes
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All official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the same words: the stereotype is a political fact, the major figure of ideology. – Roland Barthes

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Language
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Roland Barthes
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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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I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. – Oscar Wilde

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It is time for the world, the hemisphere and the region to make sure that relevant institutions of civil society and relevant laws are embedded in the mechanisms of governance. – Baldwin Spencer

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Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society… It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff. – Stephen Harper

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A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong. – Stella Adler

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If you dont design your own life plan, chances are youll fall into someone elses plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. – Jim Rohn

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The froth of tea burns with brilliance. – Author Unknown

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Oftentimes, when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps. – Lemony Snicket

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