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Daily Inspiration Quote by Steven Cojocaru

"I'm just a vessel of information"

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The line is a neat little act of self-defense dressed up as humility. When Steven Cojocaru says, "I'm just a vessel of information", he’s not only shrinking his own ego; he’s also trying to launder the messiness of judgment into something that sounds neutral. In the world of celebrity criticism and red-carpet commentary, being seen as the person who "decides" carries a cost: backlash from fans, publicists, and the broader culture that increasingly treats taste as identity. Calling himself a vessel suggests he’s merely transporting facts, not cutting anyone down.

That framing is strategic, because criticism is never just data transfer. Cojocaru’s job is interpretation: selecting what matters, turning outfits and personas into readable signals, translating a chaotic celebrity ecosystem into a few memorable takes. "Vessel" implies passivity, but the critic’s power lives in curation. What gets repeated becomes what becomes real.

There’s also a self-aware wink in the phrasing. "Vessel" is almost comically grand for something as ephemeral as fashion chatter or entertainment news, which hints at an insider’s recognition that the whole machine runs on inflated importance. It’s both an attempt to sound above the fray and an admission of being inside it. The subtext: don’t shoot the messenger, even when the messenger is also shaping the message.

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Steven Cojocaru (born January 5, 1965) is a Critic from Canada.

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