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"How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!"
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"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."
"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."
"Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best."
"But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club."
"As much as we seek approval, we dread condemnation"
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"The older a person grows, Harriet, the more important it is that their manners should not be bad; the more glaring and disgusting any loudness, or coarseness, or awkwardness becomes. What is passable in youth is detestable in later age."
"I shall ever despise the man who can be gratified by the passion which he never wished to inspire, nor solicited the avowal of."
"I cannot say much for this Monarch's Sense-Nor would I if I could, for he was a Lancastrian. I suppose you know all about the Wars between him and the Duke of York who was on the right side; if you do not, you had better read some other History, for I shall not be very difuse in this, meaning by it only to vent my spleen against, and show my Hatred to all those people whose parties or principles do not suit with mine, and not to give information."
"She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time, but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet."
"Mr. Knightley to be no longer coming there for his evening comfort! - No longer walking in at all hours, as if ever willing to change his own home for their's! - How was it to be endured?"
"Marianne had now been brought by degrees, so much into the habit of going out every day, that it was become a matter of indifference to her, whether she went or not: and she prepared quietly and mechanically for every evening's engagement, though without expecting the smallest amusement from any, and very often without knowing, till the last moment, where it was to take her."
"Depend upon it you see but half. You see the evil, but you do not see the consolation. There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better; we find comfort somewhere- and those evil-minded observers, dearest Mary, who make much of a little, are more taken in and deceived than the parties themselves."
"That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit."
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