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Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden
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"Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly"

- Jean Baudrillard

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This quote by Jean Baudrillard speaks to the idea that, deep down, all of us have a worry of death. We may not be consciously familiar with it, but it exists, hidden underneath the problem of living. We are so concentrated on the battles of life that we forget about death, however when we are given a reprieve from the difficulty of life, death unexpectedly ends up being more obvious. This quote suggests that death is something that is constantly present, but we are so busy with the struggles of life that we don't think about it. Baudrillard's quote is a tip that death is constantly hiding in the background, which we must not take life for approved.

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France Flag This quote is written / told by Jean Baudrillard between July 29, 1929 and March 6, 2007. He/she was a famous Sociologist from France. The author also have 31 other quotes.

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