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Quote by Lionel Trilling
Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which th

Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process. – Lionel Trilling

Other quotes by Lionel Trilling

Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. – Lionel Trilling

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

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Humor
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Lionel Trilling
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Other Quotes from
legal
category

Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but its common and they dont even notice. – Anthony Weiner

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legal

On behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America – and our one million member activists – I am honored to be here to talk to you about whats at stake for women in 2012. I am proud to say that the Democratic Party believes that women have the right to choose a safe, legal abortion with dignity and privacy. – Nancy Keenan

Category:
legal

You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldnt have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it. – Anatoly Chubais

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legal

I have a different approach. I dont file lawsuits because I really dont care. – Nicole Kidman

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legal

Random Quotes

I think that, as with marriage, you just know when its time to have kids. – Ashley Judd

Category:
Marriage

As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if – to quote Professor Higgins – a woman could be more like a man. – Julie Burchill

Category:
Society

Julie, Mia and I just met for a couple days, doing some work but really under the guise of having fun. We do events like the Womens Sports Foundation Dinner, where we get to not only do a good thing for the community but we get to hang out with one another again. – Brandi Chastain

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Sports

I was a ballplayer, but only for a limited time. I grew up playing in Wisconsin. Its a very sports-centric part of the country that I grew up in and I played a lot of sports, but baseball first and foremost. I played through high school. I was a middle-infielder. – Chad Harbach

Category:
Sports