Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes
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If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I don't write about Google except to insult the company.
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I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.
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There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.
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I can't solve the poverty problem, but there are things you can do to mitigate its effects on kids.
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It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it.
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
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Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.
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Very early in life, it seemed to me that there was a relationship between the problems of the Negro people in America and the Jewish people in Russia, and that the Jewish people's problems were worse than ours.
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You know what I would love? I would love to be one of those actresses who can come out with a film or come out with a new commercial without the world knowing about it.
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If those who oppose Freethought did not strive to force all to think as they do, accept Christ by faith, believe the bible to be infallible, keep Sunday as a holy day, and work for a future reward, then our fight would be at an end instantly. Liberty of Conscience is all we ask - not control of any class, creed, or sect.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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And every time I scratch my nails down someone else's back I hope you feel it.
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When my own son was 12, we didn't want toy guns in the house. So he just picked up a stick and went, 'Bam! Bam! Bam!' That's the testosterone of a 12-year-old boy.
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When I was growing up, Chef Charlie Trotter inspired me a lot.
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Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.
