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• Dare to risk public criticism. — Mary Kay Ash
• Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise. — Mary Kay Ash
• We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against… — Julian Assange
• The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule,… — Rowan Atkinson
• Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's… — Kevin Bacon
• In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar… — Enid Bagnold
• I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the… — James A. Baldwin
• It is from the womb of art that criticism was born. — Charles Baudelaire
• A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy. — Jean Baudrillard
• It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet… — Joseph Addison
• A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and… — Joseph Addison
• People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting. — David Beckham

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