"Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.“

-Jean Baudrillard

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"Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly."

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"Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark, of night, of the other side of things."

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"Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors."

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"A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy."

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"There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world."

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