Lionel Trilling Quotes

Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.

Lionel Trilling

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

John Dryden

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A daily blog would just about finish me off completely.

Robert Plant

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You can only absorb when you look back at photos: like when we played Coachella, and there are thousands of people in the audience, and you just walk on stage.

St. Lucia

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I really love animals. My cat is my little soul mate. He's not just a cat, he's my friend.

Tracey Emin

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I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.

Tom Cruise

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We've got a great race team.

Robby Gordon

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I am the most unlikely star in the world.

Robin Leach

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My acting technique is a combination of a lot of different ones. A lot of it is Meisner.

Ross Butler

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I'm not a Tony Blair impersonator.

Michael Sheen

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Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.

Luke Bryan

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I want to help transgender individuals who might be struggling realize that they have to love themselves and stay true to who they are because if they keep moving forward, and keep a positive attitude, then things will get better.

Jazz Jennings

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One of the joys of writing historical fiction is the chance to read as much as you like on a pet subject - so much that you could easily bore your friends senseless on the topic.

Deanna Raybourn

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