Douglas Rushkoff Quotes

Once a teen has been identified as part of the 'target market,' he knows he's done for. The object of the game is to confound the marketers, and keep one's own, authentic culture from showing up at the shopping mall as a prepackaged corporate product.

Douglas Rushkoff

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I'm very proud of 'Platoon,' but at the end of it I was done. I was done.

John C. McGinley

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Everything is a learning experience.

Angus T. Jones

LearningExperienceEverything

You've got to be in your kitchens, or it all falls apart.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

YouGotYourApartFallsKitchens

I'm actually really obsessed with folk art.

Michael Bastian

ArtObsessedFolkActuallyReally

Who really wants to be themselves when they're teenagers?

Stephen Colbert

TeenagersWhoWantsReally

Growing up, the only Asian face I saw on air was Connie Chung or extras on M*A*S*H. That was it. You could either be Chinese delivery guy No. 4 or maybe one day read the news.

Su-chin Pak

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When I look back at my journey, it gives me a sense of confidence. I have been through an odd journey from Delhi to Mumbai, struggling, not having a job, shifting houses... Today, I am giving interviews. So it does give me gratitude and confidence. The fear is gone.

Sidharth Malhotra

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When I become champion, you know, I'll never stop being a firefighter.

Stipe Miocic

ChampionYouStopKnowBecomeNever

What happened was, my parents after 'Circus Boy' decided to take me out of show business for two years to go back to normal school. It was the smartest thing they ever did.

Micky Dolenz

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Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Michael Korda

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I was just raised in humble beginnings: three brothers together and a single mother who raised us the best she could.

Josh Gordon

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Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions.

Jaron Lanier

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