If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.
It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive.
Making money and doing good in the world are not mutually exclusive.
I'm not going to force your participation in a conversation, I'm going to say I can be an example that these things can exist and don't have to be mutually exclusive. Like being a queer artist and being a Christian. Those things don't have to be mutually exclusive and I'm just going to be honest about them so that you know.
Discipline and freedom are not mutually exclusive but mutually dependent because otherwise, you'd sink into chaos.
Whereas many philosophers and theologians appear to possess an emotional attachment to their theories and ideas........scientists feel no qualms about suggesting different but mutually exclusive explanations for the same phenomenon.
By employing the intelligence of natural systems we can create industry, buildings, even regional plans that see nature and commerce not as mutually exclusive but mutually coexisting.
You have to decide whether you want to make money or make sense, because the two are mutually exclusive.
The catch in the industry is that if you want to get a picture made for little money, you have to get a big star. But the two are usually mutually exclusive.
Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.
Economics and ethics are not mutually exclusive.
Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
You can have a good time and kick some butt - they're not mutually exclusive.
Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas.
Paying for disasters and being fiscally responsible are not mutually exclusive.