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What Preoccupies Us, Then, Is Not God As A Fact Of Nature, But As A Fabrication Useful For A God-fearing Society. God Himself Becomes Not A Power But An Image.

Celebrity-worship And Hero-worship Should Not Be Confused. Yet We Confuse Them Every Day, And By Doing So We Come Dangerously Close To Depriving Ourselves Of All Real Models. We Lose Sight Of The Men And Women Who Do Not Simply Seem Great Because They Are Famous But Are Famous Because They Are Great. We Come Closer And Closer To Degrading All Fame Into Notoriety.

The Star Is The Ultimate American Verification Of Jean-jacques Rousseau's Emile. His Mere Existence Proves The Perfectability Of Any Man Or Woman. Oh Wonderful Pliability Of Human Nature, In A Society Where Anyone Can Become A Celebrity! And Where Any Celebrity . . . May Become A Star!

Freedom Means The Opportunity To Be What We Never Thought We Would Be.

Reading Is Like The Sex Act - Done Privately, And Often In Bed.