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Quotes by Critic

"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

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"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

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"Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant."

"Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant."

John Simon, American Critic

Democracy, Majority

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"I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour."

"I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour."

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

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"When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York and Chicago, it was picking the winners of the competition; it wasn't setting the terms of the competition."

"When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York and Chicago, it was picking the winners of the competition; it wasn't setting the terms of the competition."

Robert McChesney, American Critic

Government, Chicago, Competition, Rights

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"The more things change, the more they are the same."

"The more things change, the more they are the same."

Alphonse Karr, French Critic

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"Reflection makes men cowards."

"Reflection makes men cowards."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Man, Men, Cowards, Reflection

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"Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven."

"Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven."

Walter Benjamin, German Critic

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"The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation."

"The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

Hope, Compassion, Generosity, Importance

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"I also did an Ozzy piece for him, and so I got hired. Everything happened really fast. I can't give people advice, because everything in my life changed completely in less than a year and it's still not something I am used to."

"I also did an Ozzy piece for him, and so I got hired. Everything happened really fast. I can't give people advice, because everything in my life changed completely in less than a year and it's still not something I am used to."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Life, People, Advice

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"There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it."

"There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Nation, Country, Nothing, Will

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"Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind."

"Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind."

Clive Bell, English Critic

Art, Family, Men, Religion

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"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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"Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty."

"Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty."

Aleister Crowley, English Critic

Fact, Horror, Public

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"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

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"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

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"White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or be oppressed. Black men may be victimized by racism, but sexism allows them to act as exploiters and oppressors of women. White women may be victimized by sexism, but racism enables them to act as exploiters and oppressors of black people. Both groups have led liberation movements that favor their interests and support the continued oppression of other groups. Black male sexism has undermined struggles to eradicate racism just as white female racism undermines feminist struggle. As long as these two groups or any group defines liberation as gaining social equality with ruling class white men, they have a vested interest in the continued exploitation and oppression of others."

"White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or be oppressed. Black men may be victimized by racism, but sexism allows them to act as exploiters and oppressors of women. White women may be victimized by sexism, but racism enables them to act as exploiters and oppressors of black people. Both groups have led liberation movements that favor their interests and support the continued oppression of other groups. Black male sexism has undermined struggles to eradicate racism just as white female racism undermines feminist struggle. As long as these two groups or any group defines liberation as gaining social equality with ruling class white men, they have a vested interest in the continued exploitation and oppression of others."

bell hooks, American Critic

Social, Racism, Oppression, Equality, Power

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"One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect."

"One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"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

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"The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster."

"The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster."

Chris Morris, British Critic

Approval, Disaster, Pursuit

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"I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting."

"I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting."

John Mason Brown, American Critic

4

"We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background."

"We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background."

M. H. Abrams, American Critic

Ability, Environment, Military, Sound

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"This most dangerous enemy is the American counterpart of the British Fabian Socialist, who denies that he is a Socialist and operates behind a mask which he calls National Planning."

"This most dangerous enemy is the American counterpart of the British Fabian Socialist, who denies that he is a Socialist and operates behind a mask which he calls National Planning."

John T. Flynn, American Critic

Politics, Enemy, Planning

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"For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, aren't we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US?"

"For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, aren't we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US?"

Fredric Jameson, American Critic

Power, Globalization, Influence, Military

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"I'm a lifelong Disney nut."

"I'm a lifelong Disney nut."

Leonard Maltin, American Critic

Entertainment, Disney

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"The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends."

"The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Life, Men, Success, Ability

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"In the literature of France Moliere occupies the same kind of position as Cervantes in that of Spain, Dante in that of Italy, and Shakespeare in that of England. His glory is more than national - it is universal."

"In the literature of France Moliere occupies the same kind of position as Cervantes in that of Spain, Dante in that of Italy, and Shakespeare in that of England. His glory is more than national - it is universal."

Lytton Strachey, English Critic

Literature, Englfrance, Glory, Italy

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"The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word."

"The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word."

F. L. Lucas, English Critic

Writing, End, Fact, Mind, Word

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"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

4

"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

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"I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient."

"I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient."

Roland Barthes, French Critic

Power, Blame, Guilt

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"No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause."

"No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause."

John Mason Brown, American Critic

Home, Cause, Heaven

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"I was a town child, it is true, but that did not prevent me enjoying open-air life, with plants and animals."

"I was a town child, it is true, but that did not prevent me enjoying open-air life, with plants and animals."

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

Life, Animals, Open, Plants

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"Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter."

"Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter."

Mel Gussow, American Critic

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"I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing it's based on is whether it's good or not. No book editor, in my experience, is getting a manuscript and try to rewrite it."

"I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing it's based on is whether it's good or not. No book editor, in my experience, is getting a manuscript and try to rewrite it."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Experience, People, Writing

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"The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much."

"The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we'd probably go to war."

"The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we'd probably go to war."

Stanley Crouch, American Critic

War, Civilization, Etiquette, Hate

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"Curiously enough, it seems to be only in describing a mode of language which does not mean what it says that one can actually say what one means."

"Curiously enough, it seems to be only in describing a mode of language which does not mean what it says that one can actually say what one means."

Paul de Man, Belgian Critic

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"Guy Rivers, a conventional piece as regards the love affair which makes a part of the plot, is a tale of deadly strife between the laws of Georgia and a fiendish bandit."

"Guy Rivers, a conventional piece as regards the love affair which makes a part of the plot, is a tale of deadly strife between the laws of Georgia and a fiendish bandit."

Carl Clinton Van Doren, American Critic

Love, Laws, Rivers

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"Part of life is to live it, and enjoy it, and seize the moments that you find particularly pleasing."

"Part of life is to live it, and enjoy it, and seize the moments that you find particularly pleasing."

Robert M. Parker, Jr., American Critic

4

"Nothing they design ever gets in the way of a work of art."

"Nothing they design ever gets in the way of a work of art."

Robert Hughes, Australian Critic

Art, Design, Work, Nothing

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"I don't know any women who don't think about what they look like, and I don't know any men who don't think about what women look like."

"I don't know any women who don't think about what they look like, and I don't know any men who don't think about what women look like."

Stanley Crouch, American Critic

Man, Men, Women

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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

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"Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know."

"Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know."

bell hooks, American Critic

Knowledge, Experience, Values, Learning

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"We love in others what we lack in ourselves, and would be everything, but what we are."

"We love in others what we lack in ourselves, and would be everything, but what we are."

Richard H. Stoddard, American Critic

4

"Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live."

"Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Man, Men, Forget, Living

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"The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation."

"The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Language, Nation

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"There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice."

"There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first."

"Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first."

Brooks Atkinson, American Critic

Labor, Day, First

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"Also, the commercial media in a superior position, really, to any other corporate lobby, because where would people hear about commercial media or corporate media criticism, where would they hear criticism of them other than in the commercial media?"

"Also, the commercial media in a superior position, really, to any other corporate lobby, because where would people hear about commercial media or corporate media criticism, where would they hear criticism of them other than in the commercial media?"

Robert McChesney, American Critic

People, Corporate, Criticism, Media

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