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More appealing than knowledge itself is the feeling of knowledge.
Daniel J. Boorstin
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Daniel J. Boorstin
Age: 89 †
Born: 1914
Born: October 1
Died: 2004
Died: February 28
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. . . the messiness of experience, that may be what we mean by life.
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We must abandon the prevalent belief in the superior wisdom of the ignorant.
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