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Daniel J. Boorstin
American Historian
Born: Oct 1, 1914
Died: Feb 28, 2004
Bed Celebrity Experience His Knowledge World
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The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin
Knowledge Ignorance Illusion Obstacle Greatest Greatest Obstacle Discovery
We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place. Daniel J. Boorstin
Reality Our Those Weaknesses Haunted Put Primarily Vices Place Suffer Illusions Images
Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin
Knowledge Technology Fog Drive Our Out Drown So Much Fun Information Much Fun
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. Daniel J. Boorstin
Great Achieve Relations Some Born Hire Greatness Officers Public Public Relations
Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities. Daniel J. Boorstin
Time Heroes Makes Celebrities
We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the world interesting from God to the newspaperman. Daniel J. Boorstin
God World Responsibility See Making Shifted Interesting Newspaperman Theologians Need
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
Travel Experience People Active He Tourist Adventure Him Passive Expects Goes Happen Interesting Interesting Things Search Traveler Things

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