#critic

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

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No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

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I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly. ↗

— Roger Ebert

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All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people who are interested. It's become a very good way to get to reviews and involve yourself in discussions. ↗

— Roger Ebert

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As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it. ↗

— James Ellroy

#acclaim #built #chance #created #critical

If we take as given that critical infrastructures are vulnerable to a cyber terrorist attack, then the question becomes whether there are actors with the capability and motivation to carry out such an operation. ↗

— Dorothy Denning

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It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it. ↗

— Donatella Versace

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My wife and I, unlike many intellectuals, spent five years working on assembly lines. We came to fully understand the criticisms of the industrial age, in which you are an appendage of a machine that sets the pace. ↗

— Alvin Toffler

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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

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