"That's something you can't get off the wires in New York is people providing intelligent coverage of what your theater company in Podunk is up to. Many of the people who write what we call amateur criticism are professionals in anything other than name and receiving a paycheck. Very often, they know more than the professional critic who might be writing for their local newspaper. So, really, I'm all for it. It's changing the playing field, it's shaking things up, it's going to make the critical environment a healthier environment."

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Source : Source: bigthink.com

Terry Teachout

#Writing Quotes #Intelligent Quotes #People Quotes

“Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.”
“Tell my father I wish to be his son.”
“The older I get, the more I lose my ability to breathe.”
“I don't know about the rest of the country but in New York more people have learned anonymity from rent control than ever discovered it in a twelve-step program.”
“Ever since I stopped worrying about finances, I've made more money than I ever thought I'd make in my life.”
“I do find comedy difficult. I don't know why. Maybe I think about it too much. There's a tremendous amount of pressure to be funny.”
“People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without real communication and emotion.”
“Every morning you have a choice. Are you going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker? Positive thinking will energize you.”

Source : Jon Gordon (2015). “The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy”, p.8, John Wiley & Sons

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