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Danh ngôn của Daniel J. Boorstin (Sứ mệnh: 5)

An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service.
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.
The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
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.'
Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.
A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.
A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.