Lionel Trilling Quotes

A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.

Lionel Trilling

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ArtCultureEnvironmentalPerception

Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big.

Jenna Bush

ParentsDreamIndependentAlwaysBig

Health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive.

Robert M. Gates

HealthEatingCareAliveDefense

I think 'Never Land' is, like, my first really strong attempt to create music... that can encourage people who share my faith but also challenge and intrigue people who don't.

Andy Mineo

MusicFaithChallengePeopleThink

I don't really have that many judgements on things, or crazy statements that I feel like I have to put across.

Rita Ora

CrazyFeelThingsI Feel LikeLike

I would say you feel a lot more pressure at a national tournament than a state tournament. This is more of a fun weekend out with the guys. The national tournament is more business.

Mike Peters

BusinessFunPressureWeekendYou

Give the enemy an inch, he'll take a yard.

Monica Crowley

EnemyTakeGiveInchHeYard

As a professional selfie taker, I know my angles. And I know how to look 20 lbs. heavier and 20 lbs. lighter. If Instagram wants to tell me I've lost 60 lbs. in one week, then damn, I look good.

Ashley Graham

GoodMeWeekLookProfessionalKnow

I think it is fine to have sports divided into men's and women's, just as it is fine to say a fifteen-year-old is incapable of consenting to sex. But we should recognize these are social distinctions based on biology, and not categories foisted upon us by nature.

Alice Dreger

NatureWomenSportsMenThinkSex

In the theatre in the U.K., women are at the very top of the tree as freelance directors.

Phyllida Lloyd

WomenTreeTheatreTopWomen Are

As the Iraqi people better understand that Saddam Hussein and his regime are history, it is my hope that they will get behind the coalition effort to help them create a democratic government and rebuild their country.

Pete Domenici

HopeHistoryGovernmentEffortHelp

We don't want crimes committed in New Mexico falling through the cracks. This legislation ensures that there is no area of our state where crimes can be committed without consequence.

Pete Domenici

NewWantFallingMexicoWithout

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

Thomas More

MyselfLawProtectReasonWould

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