Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
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Modern tourist guides have helped raised tourist expectations. And they have provided the natives -- from Kaiser Wilhelm down to the villagers of Chichacestenango -- with a detailed and itemized list of what is expected of them and when. These are the up-to-date scripts for actors on the tourists stage.Daniel J. Boorstin
Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.
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Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
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I write to discover what I think.
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