"That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval."

-- Bainbridge Colby

#Mean Quotes #Appreciate Quotes #Criticism Quotes

“The less there is of you, the more you experience the sublime.”
“The Clinton administration opened the doors for Bush Junior in ways that Junior's father never did. Aside from the obvious Oedipal things going on with Bush Junior, his father hasn't been a big help to him. But Clinton certainly has. When Bush talks about his "other father," people are assuming that he's talking to the supreme deity. But I think that maybe it's Clinton who's on the speed dial.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“I do find it therapeutic, writing about stuff that was frightening and painful as a child, and managing to see it from an adult's point of view. To get it out of the closet onto paper, metaphorically speaking, is therapeutic.”
“We have something special...a culture which we do not think of as something for the elite, but as something which is accessible to practically everybody.”
“Reading is like breathing in, writing is like breathing out.”

Source : Pam Allyn (2011). “Your Child's Writing Life: How to Inspire Confidence, Creativity, and Skill at Every Age”, p.11, Penguin
“Reason is not what decides love.”
“I get my exercise acting as pallbearer to my friends who exercise.”

Source : "Four Talks for Bibliophiles" by George Allen, (p. 70), 1958.
“Throughout my reading life, I've enjoyed many memorable meals-if only fictionally. The oysters at dinner near the beginning of Anna Karenina, the dinner Nana throws for her overflowing guests in Zola's Nana, the walk through Les Halles for breakfast in Baldwin's Giovanni's Room, and nearly every meal in Monique Truong's The Book of Salt.”

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