If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going to have a tough time seeing value in the shadows, where the thinkers, probers, and scientists are keeping society together.
— Rita Dove is a poet and essayist who received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1987.
[Editor's Note: An excellent reminder to us the worship of celebrities drowns out the value of everyone else doing extraordinary work.]
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