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"I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me."
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"A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation."
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"We are, in fact, a nation of evangelists; every third American devotes himself to improving and lifting up his fellow-citizens, usually by force; the messianic delusion is our national disease."
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"The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit."
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"If one should criticize one should always have a meaningful explanation to accompany."
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"Oh, and Mr. Montgomery? I think I counted about four dozen important-sounding words and almost no substance at all in that explanation. I don't think you should close the door on your diplomatic career entirely."
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"Richard Papen: As it happened, I knew Gartrell. He was a bad painter and a vicious gossip, with a vocabulary composed almost entirely of obscenities, gutteral verbs, and the world "postmodernist."
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"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."
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"I refuse to give readers an uplifting faux experience engineered to comfort them and perpetuate the sociopolitical and economic status quo.""Who died and made you Bertolt Brecht?"
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"Some who have read the book, or at any rate reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no reason to complain, since I have similar opinions of their work, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer."
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"They were the sort who berated a man for meddling and chased him away, then berated him again for not being there when he was needed. Not that they would admit he was needed, even then, not them. Raise a hand to help and you were interfering, do nothing and you were an un-trustworthy wastrel."
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"I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary."
Age
"I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection."
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"I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music."
Music
"Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music."
Food
"I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist."
Artist
"When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created."
Art
"I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women."
Music
"I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans."
America
"Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life."
Life
"When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked."
Money
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