Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes
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Polo drifts gently in and out of fashion.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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Acting is my number one, but dancing will always be a part of who I am and in my heart. I love doing stunts when they are a part of my acting.
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To make headway, improve your head.
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I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
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Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
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I know what it's like to go very fast on motorcycles. Those moments, they stay with you.
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Be where the acting is. I live in Houston. Dallas is 4 1/2 hours away. I let them know there's no difference.
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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I love being photographed, I love the ramp.
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I feel very close to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders.
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If you go to a second-rate place, and you are first-rate, it is very difficult to do first-rate work because you do not get that critical feedback you need for first-rate work on a daily basis.
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Nowadays, people have an open mind vis-a-vis new artists like Meghan Trainor, Nico & Vinz, Hozier - there are hits coming out of everywhere.
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For me, the making of exhibitions has always had to do with dialogue: a concentrated, in-depth, focused dialogue with artists, who keep teaching me that exhibitions should always invent new rules for the game.
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I've been hearing fiddle music since I was in the womb, I'm sure.
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I'm drawn to the romantic aspect of a character. It's human emotion. It's much more fun to watch. And it's much more fun to play.
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All prizes have a role, if they are run with integrity and with a clear focus on reading and quality writing. I don't think any of them is necessary, but they all play an incredibly important role in building a body of literature, in introducing new authors to new readers, and extending reading.
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I think the one film that I could watch over and over and over again - and I have - is 'Man on Fire.'
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The stuff I write I'm very proud of, but I'm smart enough to know I'll never get on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' next to Elvis Costello.
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One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.
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The ancient Egyptian mummification process involved, for instance, preserving all of a person’s organs except the brain—thought to be useless—which they scrambled with hooks into a custard and scooped out through the nose.
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I love romantic comedies. I love romantic movies. I'm kind of a sucker for them, and, sort of end up crying at the end of them all, like a child.
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As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
