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"That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval."

"Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval."

"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses."

"Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout."
Explore more quotes by Franz Schubert

"Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment?"

"There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all of them are good looking. You can realize that I am kept busy."

"There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals."

"You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves."

"When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love."

"Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house."

"One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art?"
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