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Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

Daniel J. Boorstin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: american
Birth: October 1, 1914 - February 28, 2004

Topics

Great Greatness Born Achieve Hire

We remake 'Hamlet' all the time. That's sort of what we do, humans.

Time Humans Remake Sort Hamlet

I joined the Communist Party when I was 18. When I was 10, there was the miners' strike, and the Cold War was going on; it was quite a potent time to get involved in politics. I got involved through my grandfather, who was a member.

Time Politics War Cold Party Strike

The prevailing view was that girls were outside of school because of the resistance of families to their education. But when I visited a local village, what everyone told me - the chiefs, the parents, the children - was that girls weren't in school because it was the boys that had a better chance of getting paid work in the future.

Work Education Future Children Me

People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.

People Sympathy Drink Sorrow Swim

My worst boss was a departmental chair who never learned to appreciate new developments in the field. He had contempt for students and younger researchers, and he saw the job of running the department as a nuisance.

Job Boss Appreciate Chair New Never

I've said that we need to elect Democrats from the school board to the Senate.

School Said Need School Board Board

Everyone at ComiXology has been very supportive and enthusiastic about getting 'Youngblood' as well as the rest of the Awesome/Extreme catalogue online. Hopes are high that this relationship leads to more online comics.

Relationship Rest More Everyone High

I pay less attention to my hair then probably anybody that I know. I get out of the shower, I towel dry it. I, like, blow it off and then I just run my hands through it and away we go. It's just what it is.

Hair Hands Attention Go Know Run

I do not think any religion encourages intolerance. Intolerance is the biggest mental defilement, and every religion tries to remove this defilement. So we must understand that whenever there is intolerance, this comes from an irreligious mind. It is not created by religion, and it is not in the mind of the religious person.

Religion Mind Think Person Mental

You can't spend your life apologizing.

Life You Your Apologizing Spend

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Pain People Champion Grow Someone

When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.

Feel Back Guilty Go Steal Second

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