"In the small town each citizen had done……" — Daniel J. Boorstin
"In the small town each citizen had done something in his own way to build the community. The town booster had a vision of the future which he tried to fulfill. The suburb dweller by contrast started with the future"
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91 Quotes by Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin has 91 quotes on this site.
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The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
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Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
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A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed…
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I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.
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As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin…
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The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he…
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An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously…
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Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
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A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.
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We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality,…
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Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.
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The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.
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More Booster Quotes
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CONFIDENCE BOOSTER: Take pride in the things that make you stand out. Realize that you're better served by being authentic…
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Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of…
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There is no better friendship booster than the ability to listen. The ability to show genuine interest in others is…
— Phil Callaway
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The American press is, and always has been, a booster press, its editorial pages characteristically advancing the same arguments as…
— Lewis H. Lapham
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Nevertheless, if you ask me, most people have children just as their own enthusiasm about life begins to wane. A…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an…
— Walter Russell Mead
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Microsoft went into orbit because it had a booster rocket attached to it called IBM.
— Bill Gates
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Vitamin C is a very effective immune booster and probably the safest first line of defense for infection.
— Lendon Smith
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My daddy died when I was two years old. My mother raised my two older brothers and me. And we…
— Haley Barbour
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Exercise may very well be the most effective instant happiness booster of all activities,
— Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Here is a relationship booster that is guaranteed to work: Every time your spouse or lover says something stupid make…
— Rumi
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I learned to make things not matter, to put a seal on my hopes and place them on a high…
— Amy Tan
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