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- The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. — Albert Einstein
- Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. — Winston Churchill
- What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth. — Roland Barthes
- I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient. — Roland Barthes
- The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning. — Roland Barthes