"I write to discover what I think"

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Source : Wall Street Journal, December 31, 1985.

Daniel J. Boorstin

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“People travel because it teaches them things they could learn no other way.”
“The British are the last national group who can be insulted by Hollywood without any comeback. These days if you depict Italians as gangsters, Saudis as terrorists or Mexicans as violent drug dealers you'll never hear the end of it. But as still the largest - and possibly the richest - ethnic group in the States, the British just have to take it.”
“There's a difference between the way I see it and the character's interpretation of the events, so the rules within the film are the rules within the film.”
“A historian should not be didactic-that is a word that makes my blood run cold.”
“My hair is naturally really thin and dead straight, with no movement.”
“After a while, your coaching development ceases to be about finding newer ways to organize practice. In other words, you soon stop collecting drills. Your development as a coach shifts to observing how great coaches teach, motivate, lead, and drive players to performances at higher and higher levels”
“When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder that such trivial people should muse and thunder in such lovely language.”
“I must dedicate my life to teaching my people, for only education would make their lot less bitter, their latent power more strong.”

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