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Daniel Bell Quotes

The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment.

Daniel Bell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: sociologist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 10, 1919 - January 25, 2011

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If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, you'll probably get beaten up. But poetry is a really strong, beautiful form to me, and a lot of innovation in language comes from poetry.

Jim Jarmusch

Innovation Beautiful Poetry Me You

It sounds cheesy, but music has saved me in a lot of ways. If I had just continued acting, I don't think I would be alive.

Jenny Lewis

Music Me Think Acting Alive Just

The last thing I want to do is to write about real things. I am not interested in reality and in real human beings and their real day-to-day problems - I just want to say to them, 'Hold still, and I'm just going to unpack, see what's inside.'

Andre Aciman

I Am Problems Reality Say Want See

I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing.

Stephen Hawking

Universe Know Want Nothing Why Than

It used to be that whenever I introduced myself to people and told them I was a psychologist, they would shrink away from me. Because, quite rightly, the impression the American public has of psychologists is, 'You want to know what's wrong with me.'

Martin Seligman

Myself People Me American You Wrong

I don't have a favorite photo. As a photographer, I have attachments to each image. Not the one photo: the experience of getting the photos is the challenge or the thing.

Michael Muller

Challenge Experience Photographer

I do feel like, because my podcast is so specific, I've been really fortunate in that the kind of people it attracts tend to have interests that run with mine.

Janet Varney

People Feel Kind Run Fortunate Been

I did a guest thing on 'My Name Is Earl,' and there is something about being involved in a TV show that's in the midst of its popularity that frees up the creative process.

Jon Favreau

Creative Process Name Up Popularity

I love the idea of documentaries. I love seeing documentaries, and I love making them. Documentaries are incredibly easy to shoot. The ease with which you can hear something's going on, somebody's going to be somewhere: That sounds so interesting. Pick up your camera and go.

Jonathan Demme

Love Interesting Camera You Seeing

Usually when you watch a film, you're just sort of biting your nails about things you could have done differently.

Denis Leary

You Done Nails Things Watch Film

Dying is easy; comedy is hard.

Donald Wolfit

Comedy Easy Hard Dying

President Obama has almost doubled our national debt to more than $19 trillion, and growing. And yet, what do we have to show for it? Our roads and bridges are falling apart, our airports are in Third World condition, and forty-three million Americans are on food stamps.

Donald Trump

Food Roads World Bridges Growing