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“We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.”
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― Simulacra and Simulation
“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
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― Requiem for a Nun
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols
“For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”
― The Wretched of the Earth
― The Wretched of the Earth
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