Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Daniel J. Boorstin
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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.'
Nathan Fillion
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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.
Edgardo Osorio
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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.
Rachel Bilson
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Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
Yami Gautam
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I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.
Ted Turner
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
Ian Anderson
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If I were put into a college lecture hall right now and told to pay attention for 45 minutes, it would be physically impossible for me to do. I'm one of those people who believe that ADD is a gift. It's tough to manage, but if you can harness it you can do great things.
Jeff Kinney
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I definitely learned about the inner workings of campaigns enough to know that I'm glad that I'm not in politics.
Constance Zimmer
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Hollywood is a place of great irony at all times.
Mark Canton
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I always feel like if someone has stage fright, I really try and say, "Listen, these people want you to succeed, they want to have a good evening. They want to see something really great. They don't want to see something crappy. They don't. They want to be at something really special."
Laurie Anderson
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Everything we have today that's cool comes from someone wanting more of something they loved in the past. Action figures, videogames, superhero movies, iPods: All are continuations of a love that wanted more.
Patton Oswalt
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Daniel J. Boorstin
