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Emile M. Cioran quote: "Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand..."

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

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Anyone who agrees to be interviewed must decide where to draw the line between what is public and what is private. But the line can shift, depending on who is asking the questions. What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being 'found out.' It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood. Terry Gross
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My dogs are a priority and a big responsibility... but the payoffs are well worth it. Will Estes
I hope I never smell the smell of apples again!" said Fili. "My tub was full of ut. To smell apples everlastingly when you can scarcely move and are cold and sick with hunger is maddening. I could eat anything in the wide world now for hours on end - but not an apple! J. R. R. Tolkien
James Patterson quote: "Oh great. Yoda captured us."
Oh great. Yoda captured us. James Patterson
Before our kids start coming home from Iraq in body bags and women and children start dying in Baghdad, I need to know, what did Iraq do to us? Susan Sarandon
Emma Goldman quote: "One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the..."
One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing. Emma Goldman
Terence Stamp quote: "A lot of young directors, they're not confident; they're not..."
A lot of young directors, they're not confident; they're not open to the emotional level of the scene. Terence Stamp
I don't really have studios. I wander around around people's attics, out in fields, in cellars, anyplace I find that invites me. Andrew Wyeth
Charles Kennedy quote: "We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully."
We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully. Charles Kennedy
When you love someone more than he loves you, you'll do anything to switch the scales. You dress the way you think he'd like you to dress. You pick up his favorite figures of expression. You tell yourself that if you re-create yourself in his image, then he'll crave you in the same way you crave him. Jodi Picoult
Albert Ellis quote: "There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than..."
There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational. Albert Ellis
The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater. Frank Zappa
The making of miracles to edification was as ardently admired by pious Victorians as it was sternly discouraged by Jesus of Nazareth. Not that the Victorians were unique in this respect. Modern writers also indulge in edifying miracles though they generally prefer to use them to procure unhappy endings, by which piece of thaumaturgy they win the title of realists. Dorothy L. Sayers
I studied acting at Boston University. I was in the theater department there. Somewhere in there I decided that wasn't what I was going to do and I went to the B.F.A. film program at N.Y.U. Charlie Kaufman
While I was doing stand-up, I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought people wanted me to be. I'd say yes when I wanted to say no, and I even wore a few dresses. Ellen DeGeneres