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I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again

Jean Baudrillard

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Jean Baudrillard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1929
Born: July 29
Died: 2007
Died: March 6
Anthropologist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Photographer
Professor
Sociologist
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Ḻāṉ Pōtriyā
Shall
Deposit
Money
Deposits
Take
Hesitate
Never
Bankers
Banking
Bank
Dare
Afraid

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