"We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian."

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Source : "Partisan Review: 50th Anniversary Edition", ed. William Philips, 1985.

Lionel Trilling

#Believe Quotes #Heart Quotes #Cynical Quotes

“If you wanna dance, a windshield wiper'll do it-all you need is a beat.”
“In novels and autobiographies, the first positive move that the immigrant makes towards assimilation is to buy himself a suit of city clothes.”

Source : Jonathan Raban (2017). “Soft City: Picador Classic”, p.40, Pan Macmillan
“The market kills more artistic passion than anything else.”
“There is a lot of luck in football. Following England is like following Wycombe Wanders or Leyton Orient. You hope for the best and hope you are lucky.”
“If anyone's under a spell, Justina, it's me. Your daughter put one on me five years ago, and I haven't broken free of it yet. Oh, and you'll be delighted to know, we've decided to resume our relationship. Don't bother with congratulationsâ€”trust me, your expression is congratulations enough.”
“There are living systems; there is no'living matter'.”

Source : 1967 Lecture, College of France.
“When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we can mean such an extremely different thing as the religion of science, the vulgarized derivative from this pure activity manipulated by a sort of priestcraft into a great religious and political weapon.”

Source : 1926 The Art of Being Ruled.
“You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.”

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