"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 most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later surprises.“
-Daniel J. Boorstin
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"Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities."
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