US "broadcast journalist, explorer".
"He was a preeminent explorer, lecturer, author, and journalist; especially remembered for his association with Lawrence of Arabia."
The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd."
"After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else."
He [T. E. Lawrence] had a genius for backing into the limelight.
"They only got two things right, the camels and the sand."
The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.
