Overheard Starbuck

"It's not only that people on tv are more attractive, more articulate..."
---"Wealthier and thinner..."
"...it's that they are ceaselessly upbeat and optimistic."
---(recites) "'Where seldom is heard a discouraging word...'"
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"I want a crew to follow me around with video cameras. To write my lines --my ad-libs and my speeches; do my hair, clothes, makeup and publicity. To market to the world--the US initially--the concept, the brand that is me."
---"Forget '15 minutes of fame': everybody needs their own production company."