"If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize."
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"You can't criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently."
"Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person."
"Art is to look at not to criticize."
"Live the life you always wanted to live. Avoid criticizing others and concentrate on fulfilling your dreams."
"Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain."
"I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over."
"It's easier to criticize somebody else, than to see yourself."
"Give so much to the improvement of yourself, that you don’t have time to criticize others."
"To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others."
"By criticizing, we do not make lasting changes and often incur resentment."
"Do you create anything, or just criticize others work and belittle their motivations?"
"We must all try to empathize before we criticize. Ask someone what's wrong before telling them they are wrong."
"Cynics criticize and winners analyze."
"As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!"
"One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself"
"I hit the third rail. You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive."
"When someone criticizes you, it defines who they are, not who you are."
"You can't spend your whole life criticizing something and then, when you have the chance to do it better, refuse to go near it."
"What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you."
"You'll be "damned if you do, and damned if you don't.""