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The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

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I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired. ↗

— John Milius

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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive. ↗

— V. S. Pritchett

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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film. ↗

— Rainer W. Fassbinder

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I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it's not possible to write criticism if you're making films. ↗

— Paul Schrader

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Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical crop to Illinois farmers. ↗

— John Shimkus

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I don't think 'Cocktail' was a perfect critical success, but it touched a vein in our culture. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

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For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention. ↗

— M. Night Shyamalan

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Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government, they assume that its might makes it right. ↗

— Joseph Sobran

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