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Daniel J. Boorstin: Quotes

  • America and Americans
    We expect to eat and stay thin, to be constantly on the move and ever more neighborly . . . to revere God and to be God.Daniel J. Boorstin: The Image
  • Fame
    The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.Daniel J. Boorstin: The Image
  • The Bible
    In the twentieth century our highest praise is to call the Bible β€œThe World's Best Seller.” And it has come to be more and more difficult to say whether we think it is a best seller because it is great, or vice versa.Daniel J. Boorstin: The Image