"The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing field of knowledge and seeks to map out the unexplored terrain."

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Source : Daniel Bell (1965). “The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas”

Daniel Bell

#Self Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #World Quotes

“Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life.”
“No wonder that, when a political career is so precarious, men of worth and capacity hesitate to embrace it. They cannot afford to be thrown out of their life's course by a mere accident.”

Source : James Bryce (1889). “The American Commonwealth”
“Working inspires inspiration. Keep working. If you succeed, keep working. If you fail, keep working. If you are interested, keep working. If you are bored, keep working.”
“I don't know any songs. People have asked me to play a song, and I say, "I don't know anything."”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“We have an incredible audience. I'm as proud of how Fairport relates to its audience as I am of any music we have produced. I think we're a real people's band. Massive popular success has never bothered Fairport. We've never been put in the position of being celebrities. A Fairport concert is like a meeting of friends. There's no big, security wall around us. It's kind of how music should be.”
“Travelers should only read after dark.”

Source : Robert Harbison (1977). “Eccentric Spaces”, p.8, MIT Press
“You know what circumcision is, Private?”
“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.”

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