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Lionel Trilling Quotes

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

Lionel Trilling

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: american
Birth: July 4, 1905 - November 5, 1975

Topics

Equality Know Poor Equal Progressive

I went to see 'Listen to My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman.' I have been a fan of his music for years, and I was invited to opening night because I know one of the producers.

Music Heart Night Know Listen See

My kids do very extraordinary things that make sense.

Extraordinary Extraordinary Things

Industrialised countries must take the responsibility of helping poorer countries in the climate change action plan.

Change Responsibility Action Plan

I spent 20 years doing research on regular and irregular verbs, not because I'm an obsessive language lover but because it seemed to me that they tapped into a fundamental distinction in language processing, indeed in cognitive processing, between memory lookup and rule-driven computation.

Memory Me Research Language Doing

In my relations with my husband, there was never any deceit... he never said he was going out on business; he would say he was going to a show, and I would say, 'Fine.'

Business Husband Said Say Never Out

You banter, and you talk, and you get a sense of the speed of thinking and flexibility... It's not terribly scientific, but I interview a dozen or two dozen people a week, and I get a certain vibe reasonably fast.

People Thinking Speed Week You Fast

One of the things I admire about longer stories is the way writers can work with dead time and slower, more idle moments - not only can they feel expansive, they feel lived-in; the unhurried pacing often makes the endings even more resonant and surprising for me.

Work Time Me Feel Moments Way

I don't ever want to become Bill Maher where I have to find some strong opinion on something just because it's in the news. That's the guy that comes off like you have to be angry every week about new topics and snotty about something. That's what I'm trying to avoid.

Angry Opinion Strong Week You Find

I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft.

Integrity Honesty Craft Mastery Take

Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats.

Constance Baker Motley

Women Men School College Law Done

One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world.

Arthur Henderson

World Political Cooperation First

At 40, I went to bed for three days. I thought my life is over.

William Shatner

Life Thought My Life Bed Three Over

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