Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
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To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.
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When it comes down to it, Hillary Clinton will very much excite the Republican faithful to get out and work hard. I don't know if a similar case can be made if Obama is the candidate.
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I throw better than anybody in college and I can throw with anybody in the pros. There, that's what I think.
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At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the idea of the construction could be related to a historical time.
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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.
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A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.
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One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
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I love my sleep.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.
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A few years ago I was at a party and this guy threw me over his shoulder, ran across the street, put me in his car, and stuck his tongue in my mouth.
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Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
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I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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After you kind of find your footing, sonnets are what comes easiest.
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The secret to scooping ice cream is all about the scooper. You have to dip it in water before and after every scoop. Then it just rolls off.
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If you get stuck, draw with a different pen. Change your tools; it may free your thinking.
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People want to see something that isn't necessarily somebody walking around in a superhero costume.
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It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows.
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
