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> [Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-magnus-enzensberger/every-orientation-presupposes-a-disorientation/)

[Hans Magnus Enzensberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-magnus-enzensberger/)

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## More by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

> [I don't wish to defend everything that has been done in the name of Utopia. But I think many of the attacks misconceive its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-magnus-enzensberger/i-don-t-wish-to-defend-everything-that-has-been-done-in-the-name-of/)

[Hans Magnus Enzensberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-magnus-enzensberger/)

> [The reality in which a camera turns up is always posed, e.g., the moon landing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-magnus-enzensberger/the-reality-in-which-a-camera-turns-up-is-always-posed-e-g-the-moon/)

[Hans Magnus Enzensberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-magnus-enzensberger/)

> [Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-magnus-enzensberger/every-orientation-presupposes-a-disorientation/)

[Hans Magnus Enzensberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-magnus-enzensberger/)

> [A pathological business, writing, don't you think? Just look what a writer actually does: all that unnatural tense squatting and hunching, all those rituals:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-magnus-enzensberger/a-pathological-business-writing-don-t-you-think-just-look-what-a/)

[Hans Magnus Enzensberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-magnus-enzensberger/)

> [Culture is a little like dropping an Alka- Seltzer into a glass- you don't see it, but somehow it does something](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-magnus-enzensberger/culture-is-a-little-like-dropping-an-alka-seltzer-into-a-glass-you/)

[Hans Magnus Enzensberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-magnus-enzensberger/)

> [Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-magnus-enzensberger/mediocrity-in-politics-is-not-to-be-despised-greatness-is-not-needed/)

[Hans Magnus Enzensberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-magnus-enzensberger/)

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