#critic

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#creation #criticism #motto #speak #think

It is critical that Democratic candidates, whether they are in New Jersey, or Virginia, or anywhere, emphasize the fact that we can be trusted, and can bring fiscal integrity to our state, local, and national government. ↗

— Mark Warner

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It is critical that the American people, and not just their financial institutions, be represented at the negotiating table. ↗

— Elizabeth Warren

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Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from. ↗

— J. C. Watts

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Honestly, I don't listen to nobody else's music but my own. It's kind of like sports to me. You don't see Kobe Bryant at a LeBron James game - he just works on his own game. And that's what I do. I only listen to me, so I can criticize and analyze and all those things. ↗

— Lil Wayne

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I've been criticized for the things I chose and things I've chosen to do. ↗

— Lil Wayne

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The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius. ↗

— Billy Wilder

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A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't. ↗

— Bern Williams

#friend #lot #things