Quote by John Updike
Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is awa

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. One can either see or be seen. – John Updike

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It rots a writers brain, it cretinises you. You say the same thing again and again, and when you do that happily youre well on the way to being a cretin. Or a politician. – John Updike

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Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness its peculiar magnitude permits no shading. – John Updike

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The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education. – John Updike

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Humility has no home in celebrity. Be humble in your direct dealings with people, but unafraid to trumpet your greatness to the public. – Nkrumah Farrar

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I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street. – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his image or trademark. The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media. The hero was a big man; the celebrity is a big name. – Daniel J. Boorstin

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It feels good when it helps to get a good seat for a football game. But it never helped me make a good film or a good shot in a polo game, or command the obedience of my daughter. It doesn – Walt Disney

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