One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set. . … - J. G. Ballard

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I would rather receive one percent of the income of 100 men, than 100% of the income of one man.

J. G. Ballard

One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set. . . the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it. . . could be dismantled overnight.

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We live in a world ruled by fictions of every kind -- mass merchandising, advertising, politics conducted as a branch of advertising, the instant translation of science and technology into popular imagery. . .

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