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“No one recognizes their faults or their virtues when these are stated by another, any…
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“No one recognizes their faults or their virtues when these are stated by another, any more than they recognize their own voices on a tape recorder. The world transmits back to us only the asymmetric form of our vices, as a mirror reflects back the asymmetric form of our faces.”

— Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories

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