"It is the real, and not the map,……" — Jean Baudrillard
"It is the real, and not the map, whose vestiges subsist here and there, in the deserts which are no longer those of the Empire but our own: The desert of the real itself."
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137 Quotes by Jean Baudrillard
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A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.
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If you say, I love you, then you have already fallen in love with language, which is already a form…
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
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The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves…
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There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.
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Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is…
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To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his…
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It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are.
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Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.
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The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to…
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Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.
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Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with…
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