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• Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Aug 12, 2014

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• One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself

  Mark Twain

  People, Criticism, Criticize

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Every good work has to face opposition, and the reaction of the opposition offered always helps the work.

  Meher Baba

  Faces, Helping, Good Work

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• A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Book, Writing, Reviews

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Criticism, Criticize, Ifs

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

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• When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

  Winston Churchill

  Motivational, Judging, Criticism

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• The covers of this book are too far apart.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.3723, Delphi Classics

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• Don't criticize what you can't understand.

  Bob Dylan

  Education, Song, Criticism

  The Times They Are A-Changing (1964 song)

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• Encourage me, and I will not forget you.

  William Arthur Ward

  Relationship, Encouragement, Forgive And Forget

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• People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  People, Envy, Gossip

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• A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Jealousy, Judging, Giving

  Jean Baudrillard (1990). “Cool Memories”, p.199, Verso

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• Critics play a dangerous game when they denounce the science and law EPA has used to defend clean air for more than 40 years. The American people know better.

  Gina McCarthy

  Air, Years, Law

  "U.S. EPA: We need tougher ozone standards" by Gina McCarthy, money.cnn.com. November 26, 2014.

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• The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand.

  George Edward Moore

  Remembered, Be Remembered By

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• It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are.

  Alice Walker

  Children, Writing, Criticism

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• Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Army, Challenges, Criticism

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Kavanagh (Annotated Edition)”, p.46, Jazzybee Verlag

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• To a critic, no explanation will do. To a fan, no explanation is needed.

  Jeff Jarrett

  Fans, Explanation, Needed

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A critic is one who leaves no turn unstoned.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Criticism, Turns

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• To be unafraid of the judgement of others is the greatest freedom you can have.

  Timothy Shriver

  Encouraging, Freedom, Negative People

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• Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

  Joseph Addison

  Funny, Humor, Criticism

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• A critic is someone who meddles with something that is none of his business.

  Paul Gauguin

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• People who ask for your criticism want only praise.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  People, Criticism, Want

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• Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.

  Frederic Chopin

  Teacher, Time

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• The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Beautiful, Criticism, Pleasure

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• If you don't have critics, you probably don't have success either.

  Nicki Minaj

  Hate, Ifs, I Hate You

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• They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

  Antonio Porchia

  Creativity, Criticism, Conformity

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