Authors - Daniel J. Boorstin
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Quote 4111by Anonymous on 15/02/2011
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
Quote 8699by Anonymous on 22/05/2012
Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.
Quote 10560by Anonymous on 11/10/2012
Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.
Quote 10875by Anonymous on 06/11/2012
A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.
Quote 11785by Anonymous on 22/01/2013
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."
Quote 12320by Anonymous on 26/03/2013
Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society.
Quote 12337by Anonymous on 30/03/2013
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
Quote 13306by Anonymous on 05/07/2013
Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.