Author

Daniel J. Boorstin

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“A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service.”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“The traveler was active he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later surprises.”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.”— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.”— Daniel J. Boorstin