Daniel Bell

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.

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These are some quotes by American author Daniel Bell Sociologist, who was born on May 10, 1919.

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But in action, one defies one's character.

Daniel Bell

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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.

Daniel Bell

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Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.

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