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Despite the criticism they face, a few of the world's most prominent people have spoken out about the significance of resilience and also perseverance. From professional athletes to politicians, these quotes by individuals that are criticized show the power of staying real to on your own as well as never giving up. Whether you're dealing with a hard difficulty or simply require a little motivation, these words of knowledge can help you stay solid and keep pressing onward.
Small: Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody
"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody"
John Churton Collins, Critic
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Small: No two persons ever read the same book
"No two persons ever read the same book"
Edmund Wilson, Critic
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Small: Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods
"Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart
William Hazlitt
"The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart"
William Hazlitt, Critic
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Small: Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part
William Hazlitt
"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part"
William Hazlitt, Critic
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Small: Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers
"Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers"
John Churton Collins, Critic
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Small: Orthodoxy is my doxy - heterodoxy is another mans doxy
William Warburton
"Orthodoxy is my doxy - heterodoxy is another man's doxy"
William Warburton, Critic
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Small: Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel
"Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel"
John Churton Collins, Critic
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Small: If we knew each others secrets, what comforts we should find
"If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find"
John Churton Collins, Critic
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Small: Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating
William Hazlitt
"Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating"
William Hazlitt, Critic
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Small: Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality
William Hazlitt
"Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality"
William Hazlitt, Critic
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Small: You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world
William Hazlitt
"You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world"
William Hazlitt, Critic
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Small: The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel ri
William Hazlitt
"The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right"
William Hazlitt, Critic
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Small: An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may
William Hazlitt
"An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may"
William Hazlitt, Critic
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Small: My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was
"My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: All Hollywood corrupts and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely
"All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely"
Edmund Wilson, Critic
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Small: Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types
"Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow
"It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I dont just show t
Leonard Maltin
"I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I don't just show the Hollywood blockbusters. I show independent films, foreign films, documentaries"
Leonard Maltin, Critic
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Small: I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject it
Leonard Maltin
"I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject it"
Leonard Maltin, Critic
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Small: If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my cre
Leonard Maltin
"If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility"
Leonard Maltin, Critic
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Small: What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative a
Harold Bloom
"What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology"
Harold Bloom, Critic
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Small: At 83 Shaws mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone elses
"At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's"
Alexander Woollcott, Critic
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Small: Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built
"Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven"
Walter Benjamin, Critic
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Small: One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes th
"One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most"
Walter Pater, Critic
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Small: Not to discriminate every moment some passionate attitude in those about us, and in the very brilliancy of the
"Not to discriminate every moment some passionate attitude in those about us, and in the very brilliancy of their gifts some tragic dividing on their ways, is, on this short day of frost and sun, to sleep before evening"
Walter Pater, Critic
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Small: Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.
"Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like"
Walter Benjamin, Critic
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Small: I take it that a successful therapy is an oxymoron
Harold Bloom
"I take it that a successful therapy is an oxymoron"
Harold Bloom, Critic
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Small: Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didnt spend half our time wishing
"Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing"
Alexander Woollcott, Critic
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Small: Cynicism is the intellectual cripples substitute for intelligence
"Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence"
Russell Lynes, Critic
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