You might know Paris Hilton as a serial reality show veteran, perfume-peddling sex-tape star, occasional piece of horror film eye-candy, and inexplicable owner of a 6,800-word Wikipedia bio (which is almost twice as long as Mark Zuckerberg's) ... but she is so much more than that.
She is also Twitter’s foremost Deep Thoughts regurgitator and self-help-quote recycler.
On the social site, Paris has become one of the Internet's most enthusiastic practitioner of something I’m going to call "reflected intellectualism": The idea that by incessantly quoting people who sound smart, you will sound smart, too.
But this is not necessarily true.
By incessantly quoting people who sound smart, you actually sound like all the senior quotes in my high school yearbook from the kids who had to repeat biology four times.
For those who haven't visited Paris' Twitter account (and, if not, what have you been doing?), which reads like a catalog of Successories posters, here's what you've been missing.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) February 12, 2013
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. -Epictetus
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) February 11, 2013
Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) February 10, 2013
Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world. -Buddha
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) February 9, 2013
11:11 - Make A Wish!! #LifeisMagical
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) February 8, 2013
Break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably.
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) February 7, 2013
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) February 6, 2013
11:11 - Make a Wish... #DreamsDoComeTrue
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) February 5, 2013
The past cannot be changed, forgotten, edited, or erased; it can only be accepted.
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) February 3, 2013
11:11 - Make a Wish!!!!!!
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) February 3, 2013
I've always thought of the t-shirt as the alpha and the omega of fashion. -Giorgio Armani
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) February 2, 2013
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. -Oprah Winfrey
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) January 27, 2013
11:11 - Make A Wish.... #LovingLife
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) January 27, 2013
A smile is the best makeup any girl can wear.
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) January 25, 2013
Love watching Peter my chihuahua play with my ferrets. They are too cute! Check out this video I filmed of them youtu.be/5h5NJOP5iGM
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) February 6, 2013
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