Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

Daniel J. Boorstin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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No movement finding itself in this stage of struggle can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs for even minor action that is taken and we don't even know in the case of the actions which have publicize whether they are in fact our people.

Joe Slovo

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Few places on earth have been as affectionately alchemised into literature as the Lake District.

Melvyn Bragg

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You know, funny can be universal.

Maz Jobrani

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There is a close analogy between organic chemistry in its relation to biochemistry and pure mathematics in its relation to physics.

Robert Robinson

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When I go on a holiday to a tropical place, I'll spray tan before I go.

Michael Douglas

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If I ever feel a sense of anxiety, it's usually over things that I have some control over, or I'm anxious about me making the right decision.

Stan Van Gundy

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The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the night or morning and walked two miles to the observatory to make some observation included in the programme.

Simon Newcomb

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Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

Tre Cool

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My parents adored me, and I had a very happy childhood, so maybe I just sort of expect to be loved.

Roger Moore

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Enterprising law-enforcement officers with a warrant can flick a distant switch and turn a standard mobile phone into a roving mic or eavesdrop on occupants of cars equipped with travel assistance systems.

Jonathan Zittrain

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You always assume for some strange reason that you need three meals a day.

Wole Soyinka

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There was a time that I was only known for being a plagiarist. It used to hurt at times because there was so much effort I was putting into music. And instead of that, it was a couple tunes that I had reproduced from folk songs to remake as film songs, which were being written about.

Pritam Chakraborty

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