Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes
I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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But Eraserhead was the first real intense kind of thing I had ever done before the cameras and Lynch had to really bring me down a lot and he still does.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.
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The good part is if I play a solid round of golf, it will be very hard for the others to beat me. And that's all I'm thinking about.
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Sure, just like there are bad lawyers, bad doctors and bad politicians, there are people who aren't cut out to be teachers. But by and large, the people who are called to be teachers are passionate about the profession.
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We were so bad last year, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in the cheers.
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At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior?
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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You know you're going to have a good day when your morning begins with breakfast in the same room as Carrie Tiffany, David Vann and Lionel Shriver.
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As I grow older, I become more and more of a Marxist - Groucho, that is. When you have lived two-thirds of your life, you know the value of a good joke.
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In my heart, I'm 100% real. You can't pull out nothing in my past that can say I'm not 100% real.
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Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.
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I think fans always want something new, but they want somebody who can deliver - to go out there and really entertain them and have good matches.
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Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. Anyone can take a good picture.
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One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers.
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I've never drunk coffee. I'm convinced it has something to do with why my skin is good. I have either mint, green or black tea.
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Any good business is a hobby. We have an integrated company culture, and I can honestly say that many people who come here to work make Yandex a central part of their lives.
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If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
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I am happy to the spokeswoman for this French youth that tomorrow will be spearhead new hope in the shape of the National Front.
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Music enables me to cleanse and shed the things that I feel are holding me back from growing, or growing up.
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I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.
