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[Most of the young people surveyed believe their financial situation will improve as they get older, and that eventually they will be better off than their parents.] If you look at statistics about their economic prospects, it's not really as promising, ... Yet personally, they are optimistic.


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JEAN BAUDRILLARD We are all hostages, and we are all terrorists. This circuit has replaced that other one of masters ...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark, of night, of the o...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a ...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? -- a hoax fabricated by p...
JEAN ANOUILH