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Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

- Lionel Trilling
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The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal.

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

Di mana kesalahpahaman bermanfaat bagi orang lain, seseorang tidak berdaya untuk membuat dirinya dipahami.

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

The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.

The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.

There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.

Fungsi utama seni dan pemikiran adalah untuk membebaskan individu dari tirani budayanya dalam arti lingkungan dan mengizinkannya untuk berdiri di luarnya dalam otonomi persepsi dan penilaian.

It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it.

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Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.