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Inspirational Quotes by Daniel J. Boorstin
- I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.
- A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.
- A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well.
- The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
- We must abandon the prevalent belief in the superior wisdom of the ignorant.
- What preoccupies us, then, is not God as a fact of nature, but as a fabrication useful for a God-fearing society. God himself becomes not…
- Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.
- As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
- When I was living in England I found that the more I lived abroad, the more American I discovered I was.
- When the necessary eleven days were added, George Washington’s birthday, which fell on February 11, 1731, Old Style, became February 22, 1732, New Style.
- More appealing than knowledge itself is the feeling of knowledge.
- There is no disinfectant like success.
- Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.
- By reading we discover our world, our history, and ourselves.
- Americans expect to eat and stay thin, to be constantly on the move and ever more neighborly ... to revere God and be God.
- The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
- There is no known device for artistic contraception.
- I write to discover what I think
- We read advertisements ... to discover and enlarge our desires.
- While knowledge is orderly and cumulative, information is random and miscellaneous.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
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- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento