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• We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?

  Ellen Goodman

  Mother, Distance, Father

  Ellen Goodman (1983). “At Large”, Fawcett Books

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• When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

  Winston Churchill

  Country, Home, Government

  Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books

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• A lot of people criticize the primaries, but I think they are absolutely essential to the education of the President of the United States.

  Pierre Salinger

  Education, Thinking, People

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• I don't happen to subscribe to the notion that everybody who criticizes Tom Daschle is criticizing Tim Johnson. I think that's a bit of a stretch.

  John Thune

  Thinking, Notion, Johnson

  "Ad ban plan at an impasse in South Dakota Senate race" by Robert Yoon, www.cnn.com. March 7, 2002.

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• How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize the U.S, President?

  James Bovard

  Mcdonalds, President, Certificates

  "Talkin' to America" with Aaron Zelman, jpfo.org.

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• I don't criticize weight training - as long as it is not a substitute for aerobic training.

  Kenneth H. Cooper

  Long, Training, Weight

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• One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

  Charles Horton Cooley

  Suicide, Art, Writing

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• My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.

  Simon Cowell

  Attitude, Criticism, Faces

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• How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Positive Thinking, Criticism, Politics

  Benjamin Disraeli, (1992). “The Sayings of Disraeli”, p.24, Gerald Duckworth & Co

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• Sisters annoy, interfere, criticize. Indulge in monumental sulks, in huffs, in snide remarks. Borrow. Break. Monopolize the bathroom. Are always underfoot. But if catastrophe should strike, sisters are there. Defending you against all comers.

  Pam Brown

  Sister, Sibling, Indulge In

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• It is easy to criticize, particularly in a political season. But to lead is something altogether different. The leader must live in the real world of the price that might be paid for the goal that has been set.

  Norm Coleman

  Real, Goal, Leader

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• The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.

  J. William Fulbright

  Country, Patriotic, House

  "Senator Fulbright: Portrait of a Public Philosopher". Book by Tristram Coffin, 1966.

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• The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.

  Criss Jami

  Thinking, Envy, Criticism

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.89, Criss Jami

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• No matter how well you do, no matter how successful you are, they're always going to criticize you.

  Todd Bridges

  Successful, Matter, Wells

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• You'll be "damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Criticism, Critics, Ifs

  "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living". Book by Dale Carnegie, 1948.

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• I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Wise, Witty, Powerful

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• The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.

  Walter Ulbricht

  Nature, Mistake, People

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  To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen" by Elbert Hubbard, (p. 370), 1898.

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• What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.

  Jean Cocteau

  Criticism, Critics

  "Cock and harlequin: Notes concerning music". Book by Jean Cocteau, 1921.

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• I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, People, Mind

  "Uh, who needs therapy? And which kind?". www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2009.

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• Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that suggestion requires.

  Chuck Jones

  Effort, Suggestions, Comment

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• They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Simple, United States, Care

  Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century”, Images from the Past Incorporated

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• You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process.

  Lucinda Williams

  Work, Praise, Process

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• If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.

  Alice Miller

  Friendship, Real Friends, Gossip

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• Don't criticize in the sack. Discuss constructively later.

  Ruth Westheimer

  Discussion

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