Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his overanimation.
-John Updike
-John Updike
-The Cincinnati Gazette 1828 on General Jackson
-Congressman Kenneth Rayner on President Franklin Pierce
-John Adams on Alexander Hamilton
-Stephen Douglas on Abraham Lincoln
is a product or creation made or used as a stand in substitute, typically inferior, for something else. Tiki Drinks, Non-dairy Creamer, Bouillon Cubes, & War Sausage.
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
-Ian Fleming
-Charlie Munger
-Eva Mendes