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"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."

"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."

"But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club."
Explore more quotes by Franz Schubert

"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?"

"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."

"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."

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

"I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion."

"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?"
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