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................................................................Daniel J. Boorstin:

“The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature; the celebrity reveals the possibilities of the media.” 

“We have become so accustomed to our illusions that we mistake them for reality.” 

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” 

“I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics and ideologues who menace decency and progress.” 

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