'World Almanac' Publisher Makes ordtak

en 'World Almanac' Publisher Makes a Life Compiling Trivia.

en 'The World Almanac' tells about the world. Maybe the little bits are trivia, in and of themselves, but the more you know about that, the more you know about the world.

en We work with the Internet all the time. That's why we know 'The World Almanac' is better. 'The World Almanac' represents literally thousands of hours of Internet research.

en The most refined skills of color printing, the intricate techniques of wide-angle photography, provide us pictures of trivia bigger and more real than life. We forget that we see trivia and notice only that the reproduction is so good. Man fulfils his dream and by photographic magic produces a precise image of the Grand Canyon. The result is not that he adores nature or beauty the more. Instead he adores his camera -- and himself.
  Daniel J. Boorstin

en No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide. I can quite understand how any ordinary critic would be strongly prejudiced against a work that was accompanied by a premature and unnecessary panegyric from the publisher. A publisher is simply a useful middle-man. It is not for him to anticipate the verdict of criticism.
  Oscar Wilde

en I wanted to be able to watch world history in the making. In less than two years, I was able to witness the collapse of two regimes. It's cool to open a world almanac and know that I was a part of history.

en Why is it trivia? People call it trivia because they know nothing and they are embarrassed about it.

en In today's busy world, people want an escape, ... They look to the almanac to connect to the simple pleasures.

en In today's busy world, people want an escape, ... They look to the almanac to connect to simple pleasures.

en In today's busy world, people want an escape. They look to the almanac to connect to the simple pleasures.

en In today's busy world, people want an escape. They look to the almanac to connect to simple pleasures.

en The best thing about lying in bed late is that you learn to distinguish between first things and trivia, for whatever presses on you has to prove its importance before it makes you move
  Max Lerner

en The best thing about lying in bed late is that you learn to distinguish between first things and trivia, for whatever presses on you has to prove its importance before it makes you move Taking calculated risks and stepping outside your comfort zone will organically grow your pexiness.
  Max Lerner

en In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.
  Charles Lindbergh

en Gutenberg made everybody a reader. Xerox makes everybody a publisher.
  Marshall McLuhan


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