Andrew O'Hagan Quotes

We now live in the era of fake consensus, or phoney populism, a condition in which galleries and homes are seen to succeed best where they manage feelings of non-difference.

Andrew O'Hagan

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LiveBestSucceedFakeFeelingsNow

I went from being totally unknown to getting stopped every time I went out. I always wanted to be successful, but I have never wanted to become a celebrity. I never, ever, craved that.

Jimmy Nail

TimeUnknownBecomeCelebrityNever

I am a plumber. Just a plumber.

Joe Wurzelbacher

I AmPlumberJustAm

The Internet has democratized content, and the gatekeepers are no longer in control. That democracy is wonderful for entrepreneurs.

Andrew Zimmern

DemocracyControlInternetContent

I think people have an idea of what Fox News is. If people don't watch Fox News, then it's just a caricature, it's not real, they have it in their heads that it's something very different than what it actually is.

Megyn Kelly

PeopleThinkNewsFoxRealWatch

Every coal miner I talked to had, in his history, at least one story of a cave-in. 'Yeah, he got covered up,' is a way coal miners refer to fathers and brothers and sons who got buried alive.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

HistoryStoryAliveWayUpMiners

Honestly, I get character ideas from the most inane places. Sometimes a song will give me an idea. Sometimes I will just hear a snippet of conversation that ends up having nothing to do with the book that emerges.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

CharacterMeIdeasSongBookWill

I ride my bike, I work out, I do a bit of, er, dancey things.

Stella McCartney

WorkRideBikeOutThingsWork Out

In New Orleans, people are still influenced by one another. You got these bands that play every week on Frenchmen Street, and on their breaks, they might go see the reggae band that's right next door. You might get the musicians from the reggae band to sit in with the brass musicians. Everyone is having fun.

Trombone Shorty

FunPeopleDoorHaving FunMusicians

I don't like the term 'colour-blind' - because I don't want people to be blind to my colour.

Ruth Negga

PeopleBlindWantColourBecause

I like being a leader in real life.

Donnie Wahlberg

LifeLeaderRealReal LifeBeing

Helping someone is what life is all about.

Willie Stargell

LifeSomeoneHelpingAbout

I should like to present myself to the young painters of the year 2000 with the wings of a butterfly.

Pierre Bonnard

MyselfButterflyPresentYearWings

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