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"I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen."
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"I suspect that most authors don't really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by the shipload every fifteen minutes or so."
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"There is no such thing as constructive criticism. There is constructive advice, constructive guidance, constructive counsel, encouragement, suggestion, and instruction. Criticism, however, is not constructive but a destructive means of faultfinding that cripples all parties involved. Don't be fooled into thinking otherwise."
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"Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity."
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"Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments."
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"Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised."
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"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."
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"But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?"
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"The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book."
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"Criticism is prejudice made plausible."
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"A misadventure is an act that has a safer, less self-detrimental, less interesting alternative. But you choose that act because you want to do something memorable and worthy of discussion."
Experience

"I don't claim to know everything, Wally. I only claim that everything can eventually be known."
Philosophy

"At least I can say I once worked a day on a tea plantation in Far North Queensland."
Experience

"If you work hard all day and all night, something may come of it. You never know, it just might."
Motivation

"Nyree taught me not to trust anyone but Steve quickly corrected that lesson and taught me not to trust everyone."
Trust

"Through her eyes the day was new and anything was possible."
Perspective

"It was an impossible achievement but that didn't stop me from trying and having fun."
Ambition

"Be warned, reader. Once seen, something cannot be unseen and once read, something cannot be unread. What lies ahead can be the future of spirit but the future of spirit can also be what lies inside your head."
Knowledge

"There is so much we do not know about the imagination. That is why we must study it."
Curiosity

"Maybe I am just an old fool with foolish thoughts, but those foolish thoughts allow this old fool to sleep quite comfortably at night."
Mindset
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