"If psychoanalysis was late 19th century secular Judaism’s……" — David Rakoff
"If psychoanalysis was late 19th century secular Judaism’s way of finding spiritual meaning in a post-religious world, and retail is the late 20th century’s way of finding spiritual meaning in a post-religious world, what does it mean that I’m impersonating the father of psychoanalysis in a store window to commemorate a religious holiday?"
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David Rakoff
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40 Quotes by David Rakoff
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Not being funny doesn't make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humor does.
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Simplicity, it seems, has always been wasted on those who simply cannot appreciate it
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