"Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions."
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"Personal abuse is no substitute for policy. It signals panic."
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"We know that there are chiselers. At the bottom of every case of criticism and obstruction we have found some selfish interest, some private axe to grind."
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"In the modern conflict between the Smile and the Laugh, I am all in favor of laughing. The recent stage of culture and criticism might very well be summed up as the men who smile criticizing the men who laugh."
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"I look at my work and make up my mind about it. After that, neither flattery nor criticism matters to me."
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"There is no just and serene criticism as yet."
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"We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation."
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"Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough."
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"I am more afraid of deserving criticism than of receiving it."
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"Criticism often takes from the tree caterpillars and blossoms together."
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"I used to get criticized for putting food in novels."
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"We have to have a very strong criticism of modes of cooperation that entrench inequality."
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"Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works."
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""I criticize America because I love her. I want her to stand as a moral example to the world.""
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"Barack and I have been in the public eye for many years now, and we've developed a thick skin along the way. When you're out campaigning, there will always be criticism. I just take it in stride, and at the end of the day, I know that it comes with the territory."
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"Contemporary criticism only represents the amount of ignorance genius has to contend with. . . . Time will reverse the judgement of the vulgar."
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"...don't criticize what you can't understand, your sons and your daughters are beyond your command."
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"The factor in human life provocative of a noble discontent is the gradual emergence of a sense of criticism, founded upon appreciation of beauty, and of intellectual distinction, and of duty."
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"But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up."
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"Whenever you do anything or say anything, you're opening yourself up to criticism. But that's okay."
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