# Quote — John Brunner, Stand On Zanzibar

> Watching their sets in a kind of trance
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> were people in Mexico, people in France.
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> They don't chase Jones but the dreams are the same —
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> Mr. and Mrs. Everywhere, that's the right name!
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> Herr und Frau Uberall or les Partout,
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> A gadget on the set makes them look like you. When the Everywhere couple crack a joke
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> It's laughed at by all right-thinking folk.
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> When the Everywhere couple adopt a pose
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> It's the with-it view as everyone knows.
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> It may be a rumor or it may be true
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> But a gadget on the set has it said by you! "What do you think about Yatakang?"
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> "I think the same as the Everywhere gang."
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> "What do you think of Beninia then?"
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> "The Everywheres will tell me but I don't know when."
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> Whatever my country and whatever my name
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> A gadget on the set makes me think the same.

- Author: [John Brunner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner.md)
- Book: [Stand On Zanzibar](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/stand-on-zanzibar.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/stand-on-zanzibar/watching-their-sets

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> What in God’s name is it worth to be human, if we have to be saved from ourselves by a machine?

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