"Empty the pond to get the fish." — Robert Bresson

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• There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than… — Jean Baudrillard
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• The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage. — Aneurin Bevan
• Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. — Ambrose Bierce
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