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What someone should say to impressionable kids who will watch this is that we have enough poets, rappers, painters, singers, bands, models and dancers. More than enough, in fact. You might want to think about getting a real job. You might want to think about getting a real life. You might want to stop watching head-emptying drivel like »The Real World«.

- »Real World: MTV's Ego Trap«, The Washington Post, 28. maj 1992