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• A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.

  Edward Albee

  Responsibility, Comfort, Aids

  Edward Albee, Philip C. Kolin (1988). “Conversations with Edward Albee”, p.12, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• When I first prepared this particular talk... I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the things that I do, that most people do, are because they hate something somebody else has done, or they hate that something hasn't been done. And I realized that informed criticism has completely been done in by the web. Because the web has produced so much uninformed criticism. It's kind of a Gresham's Law-bad money drives the good money out of circulation. Bad criticism drives good criticism out of circulation. You just can't criticize anything.

  Alan Kay

  Hate, Law, People

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• Erasmus dramatizes a well-established political position: that of the fool who claims license to criticize all and sundry without reprisal, since his madness defines him as not fully a person and therefore not a political being with political desires and ambitions. The Praise of Folly, therefore sketches the possibility of a position for the critic of the scene of political rivalry, a position not simply impartial between the rivals but also, by self-definition, off the stage of rivalry altogether.

  J. M. Coetzee

  Ambition, Self, Political

  "Erasmus's Praise of Folly: Rivalry and Madness". Neophilologus Journal, 1992.

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• 1. Be on time. 2. Never criticize a teammate. 3. Never use profanity.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Nba, Use

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• Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.

  Elia Kazan

  Acting, Groups, Actors

  Elia Kazan (2014). “The Selected Letters of Elia Kazan”, p.71, Vintage

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• In a free society we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we're civilized people we publicly criticize that and don't belong to those groups or associate with those people.

  Rand Paul

  People, Abhorrent, Groups

  "Rand Paul on Civil Rights: Private Restaurants Wouldn’t Have To Serve Martin Luther King" by Taylor Marsh, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 19, 2010.

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• I don't need to put jewels on to make myself feel important. I'd rather drop them for the benefit of less fortunate people. I don't need to put gold on my body, and I'm not criticizing people who do, but for me, I'd rather be around my family and see them be happy because that's worth more to me than gold.

  Immortal Technique

  Jewels, People, Important

  "The Transcendence Of Hip Hop - An Interview With Immortal Technique". Interview with Chris Grosso, theindiespiritualist.com. February 20, 2014.

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• Look at all of the great strengths of America: entrepreneurialship, work ethic, natural resources, a democracy, a transparency, a willingness to be critical. Around the world, they look at us, and they say, "Why are you criticizing yourself? Why are you people arguing during the political process to elect a president or somebody else?" That's the great strength of this country.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Country, America, People

  Interview with Tom Brokaw, www.nbcnews.com. September 21, 2008.

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• Woody Allen is a genius. His films are wonderful. He's poetic, but he's also a critic. He artfully steps back from a social setting and criticizes it without - I suspect - without letting himself be vulnerable to it.

  Mel Brooks

  Genius, Steps, Poetic

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• It's funny: I spend time in the book criticizing social media, but I'm also aware that a lot of my success is because of social media. I can broadcast myself and my work to thousands of people that are following me or my friends. I do think that social media can be good for self-promotion.

  Kim Stolz

  Book, Thinking, Self

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• [President Bush] recently challenged Iraqi soldiers still fighting U.S. troops like so: ... 'My answer is bring 'em on.' For those of you who may be criticizing Bush for acting like a movie cowboy, let me remind you. He's actually acting more like a movie cheerleader.

  Jon Stewart

  Fighting, Cowboy, Soldier

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• We criticize people for not giving us what we ourselves are afraid to ask for.

  Marshall Rose

  People, Giving, Asks

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• I think the media needs a little criticizing now, as it did in the '80s, don't you?

  Jose Padilha

  Thinking, Media, Needs

  "José Padilha Talks ROBOCOP - Avoiding Aronofsky’s Script, His Take on the Material, Quieting the Rumor Mill, and More" by Matt Goldberg, collider.com. September 26, 2011.

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• Did you know you could kill a person with a hatpin?" she said."I did not," he said. "Do you speak from experience? Have you murdered anybody? Not that I'd dream of criticizing.

  Loretta Chase

  Dream, Speak, Said

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• Just because the person who criticizes you is an idiot doesn't make him wrong.

  Roger Rosenblatt

  Idiot, Persons

  Roger Rosenblatt (2001). “Rules for Aging: A Wry and Witty Guide to Life”, p.146, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I've often been accused of spending more time and energy criticizing my fellow Democrats than criticizing Republicans.

  Mickey Kaus

  Energy, Republican, More Time

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• Keith Olbermann is trying to make a business out of destroying Bill O'Reilly. He's done certain things to Bill O'Reilly that I believe were way over the line. I think that's bad behavior. But it's okay for him to criticize Bill. And Bill shouldn't be so sensitive. He should ignore that.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Believe, Thinking, Trying

  "Rupert Murdoch Has Potential". Esquire Interview, www.esquire.com. September 11, 2008.

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• Oh, Al, shut up! Stop criticizing me! First I'm criticized for being a prude and sounding like a social worker or something, then I'm criticized for looking like a cheap broad. How am I supposed to live? Under the water or something, coming up only to say 'I beg your pardon if I disturb you by coming up for air. I'll do my best to remain submerged.'

  Pamela Moore

  Air, Water, Als

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• Wolfe scowled at her. I could see he was torn with conflicting emotions. A female in his kitchen was an outrage. A woman criticizing his or Fritz's cooking was an insult. But corned beef hash was one of life's toughest problems, never yet solved by anyone.

  Rex Stout

  Cooking, Kitchen, Female

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• It had run as a column - I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it.

  Robert Scheer

  Running, Strong, War

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• I am still baffled by those who feel that criticizing America is unpatriotic, a view increasingly being adopted in the United States since 9/11 as an excuse to render suspect what has always been an American right. An active, brave, outspoken (and heard) citizenry is essential to a healthy democracy.

  Jane Fonda

  Views, America, Brave

  Jane Fonda (2006). “My Life So Far”, Ebury Press

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• Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think there is a sort of fear of saying things people might be apt to criticize. Our band is the opposite of that.

  Conor Oberst

  Thinking, Rocks, Opposites

  "Desaparecidos' Conor Oberst: We're perfectly prepared for people to hate what we're saying". Interview with Jessica Goodman, ew.com. July 7, 2015.

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• The argument culture urges us to approach the world - and the people in it - in an adversarial frame of mind. It rests on the assumption that opposition is the best way to get anything done: The best way to discuss an idea is to set up a debate; the best way to cover news is to find spokespeople who express the most extreme, polarized views and present them as 'both sides'; the best way to settle disputes is litigation that pits one party against the other; the best way to begin an essay is to attack someone; and the best way to show you're really thinking is to criticize.

  Deborah Tannen

  Party, Thinking, Ideas

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• Transcending class distinctions, the speaker [Stalin] portrays the relation between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat as a mere division of labor. The workers and soldiers achieve the revolution, Guchkov and Miliukov "fortify" it.[...] This superintendent's approach to the historical process is exactly characteristic of the leaders of Menshevism, this handing out of instructions to various classes and then patronizingly criticizing their fulfillment.

  Leon Trotsky

  Class, Division Of Labor, Leader

  Leon Trotsky (2017). “History of the Russian Revolution”, p.306, Penguin UK

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• Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomen. To the same degree that I do not understand power, I do understand those who oppose power, who criticize power, who contest power, especially those who rebel against power imposed by brutality.

  Oriana Fallaci

  Power, Leader, President

  "The Agitator: Oriana Fallaci directs her fury toward Islam" by Margaret Talbot, in The New Yorker, June 5, 2006.

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