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Critic Quotes (page 47)

My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave notices, but I got interested in reading what the critics were saying about whether the play was good or not. Dorothy Fields
The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are. Henry Fielding
Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are. Henry Fielding
Leslie Fiedler quote: "When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic...."
When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer. Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "It's funny to be a critic."
It's funny to be a critic. Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a..."
I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist. Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You..."
All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science. Leslie Fiedler
I come from a very critical culture. You know the Scots. They're always saying: 'Oh, no. It will never work. You'll never amount to anything. You've got to know your place in the world.' Craig Ferguson
Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves. Rio Ferdinand
No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite. Federico Fellini
The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film. Rainer W. Fassbinder
Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water. Paul Farmer
One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for. Euripides
Jacques Derrida is a very important thinker and philosopher who has made serious contributions to both philosophy and literary criticism. Roland Barthes is the one I feel most affinity for, and Michel Foucault, well, his writing influenced my novel, 'Middlesex.' Jeffrey Eugenides
I mean, when I got to Brown, the place was riven, because you had older professors who were basically new critics and had been teaching a certain way for 30 years. And then you had this other gang who was down with the semiotic program. And as a student, you were, in a way, forced to choose which cohort you were going with. Jeffrey Eugenides

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