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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.

— Theodore Roosevelt, Citizenship in a Republic (speech at the Sorbonne) (1910)
3d ago

We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies.

1mo ago
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My 9 Rules of Criticism

But if you pursue any vocation, you should want to do it well—criticism is no exception.

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Morgan Meis on The Sublime

It is a bad movie, and upon further reflection I'm not even sure if we should call it a movie at all, since it is constructed so sloppily.

6mo ago

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