"I gave up music criticism because of the increasingly obvious conflict of interest. I couldn't say anything bad about the records when I might be meeting that person's manager backstage an hour later."

-- Stephin Merritt

#Criticism Quotes #Say Anything Quotes #Records Quotes

“My favourite part... I guess it's my legs.”
“For me personally it is because I get an awful amount of success and I don't think I deserve it and then I want to sabotage it.”

Source : "Robbie Williams admits booze battle". www.cnn.com. April 9, 2001.
“Memory and forgetfulness are as life and death to one another. To live is to remember and to remember is to live. To die is to forget and to forget is to die.”
“Our life is our prayer. It is our gift to the universe, and the memories we leave behind when we someday exit this world will be our legacy to our loved ones. The best thing we can do for ourselves and everyone around us is to find our joy and share it!”
“We live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization.”
“I am an African and I am very proud of that.”

Source : "New international war crimes prosecutor sworn in", www.foxnews.com. June 15, 2012.
“Criminal cases receive the attention of the press. The cruel and disagreeable things of life are more apt to get the newspaper space than the pleasant ones. It must be that most people enjoy hearing of and reading about the troubles of others. Perhaps men unconsciously feel that they rise in the general level as others go down.”
“It took only seconds for me to make these discoveries, but even in that short time, my stomach nearly jumped through my mouth trying to reach the food.”

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