"A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you."
-Daniel J. Boorstin
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"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
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