Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes
While the easiest way in metaphysics is to condemn all metaphysics as nonsense, the easiest way in morals is to elevate the common practice of the community into a moral absolute.Daniel J. Boorstin
Quotes to Explore
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To preserve our sovereign integrity, we must prove to them nobody need tell us how to hold a clean and democratic election.
Ferdinand Marcos -
As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
Ja Rule -
There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
Natalie Jeremijenko -
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
Iris Murdoch -
I never got into politics for it to be a career.
J. C. Watts -
You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
Zach Johnson The Fray
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I just grew up watching a lot of movies. I'm attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story, and that type of story. As I watch movies I make some version of it in my head that isn't quite what I'm seeing - taking the things I like and mixing them with stuff I've never seen before.
Quentin Tarantino -
I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
Zac Brown Band -
The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
Ted Dekker -
I know I'm profane. And outspoken.
Frances McDormand -
To try to write a grand cosmical drama leads necessarily to myth. To try to let knowledge substitute ignorance in increasingly larger regions of space and time is science.
Hannes Alfven
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Since I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to sail around the world.
Laura Dekker -
Gluttony is not a secret vice.
Orson Welles -
It's so lovely to know that people who you would never think know about Bollywood, they know about Bollywood.
Nargis Fakhri -
A number of people in the United States, almost everyone, is using plastic cards to pay for things, but it's extremely difficult to accept these cards. So let's make it's easy and take more and more of the friction out as we can.
Jack Dorsey -
I like making sci-fi movies because I like watching sci-fi movies. I like watching horror. I like being in a horror movie. I'm a fan. My perspective's a little different just because I get to participate as well as spectate.
Nathan Fillion -
If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.
Nancy Horan
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There's something about the West Coast. The air is lighter. The vibe is chill.
Matthew Ramsey Old Dominion -
I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.
Caitlyn Jenner -
It's like you work with people, and based on the size of the budget, you sometimes can't pay them what they deserve.
Kevin Heffernan -
Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly.
George Raft -
One of the biggest things we've got going this year is we want to finish, finish, finish. That's about as big a finish as you're going to have.
Bret Bielema -
While the easiest way in metaphysics is to condemn all metaphysics as nonsense, the easiest way in morals is to elevate the common practice of the community into a moral absolute.
Daniel J. Boorstin