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Journalist

Regis Debray, born on September 2, 1940, is a renowned journalist. His career began in the 1960s when he was active as a journalist and writer in the political and social movements of Latin America.

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Famous Regis Debray Quotes

“religion is no longer the opium of the people but the vitamin pills of the feeble.”

Religion

Book:Media Manifestos: On the Technological Transmission of Cultural Forms

Source: Media Manifestos: On the Technological Transmission of Cultural Forms

“God, a born extremist, is the diplomat's worst enemy. Quite apart from the fact that His decrees are irrevocable, the Absolute will not allow anyone to relativize matters.”

Matter Facts Born Enemy Worst Absolutes Extremist Decree Worst Enemy Diplomats Irrevocable

Author:Regis Debray

“Books were the sustenance of God. And His munitions.”

Book Sustenance

Book:God: An Itinerary

Source: God: An Itinerary

“Since the Cuban Revolution and since the invasion of Santo Domingo a state of emergency has existed in Latin America. The Marines shoot at anything that moves, regardless of partyaffiliation.”

States America Moving Revolution Latin Emergencies Marine Invasion Latin America Cuban Cuban Revolution

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“The prime role of a leader is to offer an example of courage and sacrifice.”

Leadership Leader Roles Sacrifice Example Offers Prime

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“Difference is not the opposite of harmony but its condition.”

Differences Conditions Opposites Harmony

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“Machines will never be able to give the thinking process a model of thought itself, since machines are not mortal. What gives humans access to the symbolic domain of value and meaning is the fact that we die.”

Thinking Giving Humans Facts Able Values Dies Process Models Machines Access Mortals Domain Symbolic Thinking Process

Author:Regis Debray

“Truly, more than removing the partition between vectors and values, we would have needed to talk about strengthening crisscrossed lacings: an intertwined kind of understanding that would de-ideologize 'ideologies,' desanctify sanctities, but also mentalize the material bases of systems of inscription, and psychoanalyze not souls but tools. That is, in one and the same gesture, make our mnemo-technic equipment intelligible as mentality and our mental equipment intelligible as technology.”

Kind Soul Values Understanding Technology Materials Needed Tools Bases Ideology Mentality Gestures Equipment Sanctity Strengthening Intertwined Partition Inscriptions Vectors

Author:Regis Debray

“We are never completely contemporaneous with our present. History advances in disguise; it appears on stage wearing a mask of the preceding scene, and we tend to lose the meaning of the play.”

Play Loses History Stage Scene Mask Disguise Wearing A Mask

Author:Regis Debray

About the Author

Born: September 2, 1940
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 9

Books & Sources

God: An ItineraryRelated source material

Media Manifestos: On the Technological Transmission of Cultural FormsRelated source material

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