"Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish."

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Barbara Sher

#Meaningful Quotes #Criticism Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Be at peace, my friend. One thing I have learnt about Death is that his bark is worse than his bite.”

Source : David Gemmell (2011). “Legend”, p.89, Hachette UK
“Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?”
“Insofar as the theorist wins, therefore, by constructing an increasingly closed and terrifying machine, to that very degree he loses, since the critical capacity of his work is thereby paralysed, and the impulses of negation and revolt, not to speak of those of social transformation, are increasingly perceived as vain and trivial in the face of the model itself.”
“I found myself recycling ideas and I saw that I had to invent reasons to compose a piece rather than start from some exciting idea.”
“It's life. You don't figure it out. You just climb up on the beast and ride.”

Source : Rebecca Wells (2004). “Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: a novel”
“Just the way LA is laid out - 30 miles of disparate neighborhoods - adds to the loneliness of the characters. There's a lot more space to feel isolated in. In Los Angeles, you have to meet the person, then walk out separately to your own cars, and follow the person to their neighborhood, and then pray that street parking isn't going to mess things up.”
“If we have the audacity to ask, God has the ability to perform.”
“Reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis are particularly concerning.”

Source : "GOP congressman: Ebola could spread across the border". www.msnbc.com. July 15, 2014.

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