“The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion.”

"I spend my days preparing for life, not for death" http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2198557,00.html The Guardian, Laura Smith (2007-10-25)

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