We easily forget that smog is the price of freedom of our streets from manure, and from the flies and diseases it brought.
¶ (Attributed)
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Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914) American historian, educator, writer
The hero is known for achievements; the celebrity for well-knownness. The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity reveals the possibilities of the press and media. Celebrities are people who make news, but heroes are people who make history. Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.
¶ Parade Magazine, "Who Are Our Heroes?" (by Ponchitta Pierce) (6 Aug. 1995)
The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
¶ The Image, ch. 2, "From Hero to Celebrity: The Human Pseudo-event" (1961)
Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.
¶ The Image, ch. 2, "From Hero to Celebrity: The Human Pseudo-event" (1961)
I write to discover what I think.
¶ Wall St. Journal (31 Dec. 1985)
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge.
¶ Washington Post, "The Six O'Clock Scholar" by Carol Krucoff (29 Jan. 1984)
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