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"Nothing ever quite dies, it just comes back in a different form."

"Nothing ever quite dies, it just comes back in a different form."

Lester Bangs, American Critic

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"We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness."

"We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Man, Men, Excuses

9

"Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down."

"Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down."

Malcolm Cowley, American Critic

9

"Books and harlots have their quarrels in public."

"Books and harlots have their quarrels in public."

Walter Benjamin, German Critic

Books, Public, Quarrels

9

"In fact I think now we've reached a point now, where the powers that be really have sort of vested interest in all of us being stoned out as much as possible all the time so we don't know what's going on, and we don't care."

"In fact I think now we've reached a point now, where the powers that be really have sort of vested interest in all of us being stoned out as much as possible all the time so we don't know what's going on, and we don't care."

Lester Bangs, American Critic

Time, Being, Care, Fact

9

"Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas."

"Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas."

Eric Bentley, English Critic

Age, Ideas, Language, Principles

9

"The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation."

"The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation."

Walter Pater, English Critic

Life, Culture, Observation, Philosophy

9

"Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life."

"Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life."

Aleister Crowley, English Critic

Life, Faces, Facts

9

"I think there is a way to be formal and elegant and classy, but more modern. Brad Pitt has been changing it, and Will Smith has been doing it in his own way."

"I think there is a way to be formal and elegant and classy, but more modern. Brad Pitt has been changing it, and Will Smith has been doing it in his own way."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

9

"Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process."

"Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process."

Leonard Maltin, American Critic

Money, End, Hollywood

9

"A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer."

"A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer."

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German Critic

Thought, Heaven, Prayer

9

"All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely."

"All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely."

Edmund Wilson, American Critic

9

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."

Aleister Crowley, English Critic

9

"We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects."

"We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Criticism, Ridicule

9

"It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at the forefront of the movement; but rather than resigning myself to this appropriation I choose to re-appropriate the term "feminism, to focus on the fact that to be "feminist in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression."

"It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at the forefront of the movement; but rather than resigning myself to this appropriation I choose to re-appropriate the term "feminism, to focus on the fact that to be "feminist in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression."

bell hooks, American Critic

Social-Justice, Feminism, Oppression, Liberation, Equality

9

"No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane."

"No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane."

Robert M. Parker, Jr., American Critic

Man, Robert M. Parker

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"Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use."

"Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Genius, Humanity, Want

9

"Prejudice is the child of ignorance."

"Prejudice is the child of ignorance."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Ignorance, Prejudice

9

"To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind."

"To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Friendship, Love, Heart, Strength

9

"As I've said many times, the single most oppressed class in America right now is the teenager."

"As I've said many times, the single most oppressed class in America right now is the teenager."

Joe Bob Briggs, American Critic

Adolescence, America, Class, Now, Right

9

"My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs."

"My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs."

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

Family, Father, People, Old, Stairs

9

"Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions."

"Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions."

M. H. Abrams, American Critic

Help, Key, Metaphors, Perceptions

9

"Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman."

"Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman."

Nancy Banks-Smith, American Critic

Bed, Pleasure, Woman, Nancy Banks Smith

9

"Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected."

"Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected."

Charles Lamb, English Critic

Friendship, Nonsense, Privilege, Talk

9

"Barack Obama is a truly flabbergasting President. And in a good way - not the way some of his predecessors were. He's not flabberghastly. He's not the student who wears a button that says, 'Smartest kid in class,' but clearly he is, at least when surrounded by the White House press corps."

"Barack Obama is a truly flabbergasting President. And in a good way - not the way some of his predecessors were. He's not flabberghastly. He's not the student who wears a button that says, 'Smartest kid in class,' but clearly he is, at least when surrounded by the White House press corps."

Tom Shale, American Critic

Class, President, Press

9

"Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be."

"Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Difference, Man

9

"No I don't think it was a myth at all, anymore than what the recession that the whole country was experiencing was a myth, which obviously seems like it's going to get worse and worse."

"No I don't think it was a myth at all, anymore than what the recession that the whole country was experiencing was a myth, which obviously seems like it's going to get worse and worse."

Lester Bangs, American Critic

Nation, Country, Myth

9

"Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking."

"Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

9

"The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency."

"The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Woman, Women, Genius, Spiritual

9

"We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian."

"We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian."

Lionel Trilling, American Critic

Heart, Living, State, Utopia

9

"Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other."

"Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other."

Charles Lamb, English Critic

9

"The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion."

"The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion."

Lytton Strachey, English Critic

Peace, Religion, Stability

9

"The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal."

"The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal."

Lionel Trilling, American Critic

Creativity, Artist, Artists

9

"At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us out of ourselves in a thousand forms of action."

"At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us out of ourselves in a thousand forms of action."

Walter Pater, English Critic

Experience, Action, First, Reality

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"No matter how heinous someone's behaviour, if you make them a comic character, you can't expect people to hate them."

"No matter how heinous someone's behaviour, if you make them a comic character, you can't expect people to hate them."

Chris Morris, British Critic

People, Character, Hate

9

"Discourse is fleeting, but junk mail is forever."

"Discourse is fleeting, but junk mail is forever."

Joe Bob Briggs, American Critic

Communication, Mail

9

"Modern as the style of Pascal's writing is, his thought is deeply impregnated with the spirit of the Middle Ages. He belonged, almost equally, to the future and to the past."

"Modern as the style of Pascal's writing is, his thought is deeply impregnated with the spirit of the Middle Ages. He belonged, almost equally, to the future and to the past."

Lytton Strachey, English Critic

Thought, Future, Past, Spirit

9

"Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body."

"Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Food, Home, Body, Fire

9

"I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12."

"I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12."

Richard Roeper, American Critic

9

"What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober."

"What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober."

Kenneth Tynan, English Critic

9

"The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that."

"The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that."

Lester Bangs, American Critic

9

"The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing."

"The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing."

Walter Benjamin, German Critic

Happiness, Beauty, Idea

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"But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet he is also a great psychologist."

"But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet he is also a great psychologist."

Lytton Strachey, English Critic

Being, Obvious, Writer

9

"Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is."

"Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is."

Joel Siegel, American Critic

9

"It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else."

"It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

9

"What the world needs now is liberated men who have the qualities Silverstein cites, men who are 'empathetic and strong, autonomous and connected, responsible to self, to family and friends, to society, and capable of understanding how those responsibilities are, ultimately, inseparable.' Men need feminist thinking. It it the theory that supports their spiritual evolution and their shift away from the patriarchal model. Patriarchy is destroying the well-being of men, taking their lives daily."

"What the world needs now is liberated men who have the qualities Silverstein cites, men who are 'empathetic and strong, autonomous and connected, responsible to self, to family and friends, to society, and capable of understanding how those responsibilities are, ultimately, inseparable.' Men need feminist thinking. It it the theory that supports their spiritual evolution and their shift away from the patriarchal model. Patriarchy is destroying the well-being of men, taking their lives daily."

bell hooks, American Critic

Masculinity, Men, Feminism, Empathy, Responsibility

9

"Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others."

"Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others."

John Mason Brown, American Critic

Beauty, Charm, Light, Woman

9

"To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are not prepared to give, we seek romantic relationships. We believe these relationships, more than any other, will rescue and redeem us. True love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want to be saved."

"To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are not prepared to give, we seek romantic relationships. We believe these relationships, more than any other, will rescue and redeem us. True love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want to be saved."

bell hooks, American Critic

Redemption, Love, Salvation, Relationship

9

"When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level."

"When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level."

Lester Bangs, American Critic

Music, America, Kids, Will

9

"If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism."

"If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism."

Irving Babbitt, American Critic

Discipline, Criticism

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