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> [In the 1970s, a lot of critics didn't understand video. I got a lot of bad reviews. But film-makers didn't understand what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-viola/in-the-1970s-a-lot-of-critics-didn-t-understand-video-i-got-a-lot-of/)

[Bill Viola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-viola/)

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> [The critics didn't like it at all. They felt it was crude and violent without meaning, and they dumped on it. 'Point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-e-westlake/the-critics-didn-t-like-it-at-all-they-felt-it-was-crude-and-violent/)

[Donald E. Westlake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-e-westlake/)

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> [The rock critics, they didn't like our audiences. It made the whole thing seem irrelevant, like we were nothing, and in no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carpenter/the-rock-critics-they-didn-t-like-our-audiences-it-made-the-whole/)

[Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/)

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> [I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/i-ve-been-pretty-well-treated-by-the-critics-but-the-critics-who-didn/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

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> [Good Charlotte's the first band we've ever been in, and back then, critics didn't matter. There were no rules. There was no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benji-madden/good-charlotte-s-the-first-band-we-ve-ever-been-in-and-back-then/)

[Benji Madden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benji-madden/)

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> [When critics ask you if you feel vindicated by other critics - I didn't like critics then, and I don't like them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-reed/when-critics-ask-you-if-you-feel-vindicated-by-other-critics-i-didn-t/)

[Lou Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-reed/)

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