Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
~ Daniel J. Boorstin

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I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren’t open that early.
~ Daniel J. Boorstin

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The great obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.
~ Daniel J. Boorstin

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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

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The news leak is a pseudo‑event par excellence. In its origin and growth, the leak illustrates another axiom of the world of pseudo‑events: pseudo‑events produce more pseudo‑events.
~ Daniel J. Boorstin

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A sign of a celebrity is often that his name is worth more than his services.
~ 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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