Critical Quotes - Page 6

• It's very easy for people to be critical of President Obama's first term, but let's face it, he didn't exactly inherit the country in the best shape.

  George Clooney

  Country, People, President

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• American press, like the press in many countries, acts like a cheerleader to our government rather than a critical observer. This is especially true, when it comes to foreign interventions. That means that when government leaders conclude that intervention in a foreign country is justified, the press rarely criticizes it. In fact, the press has been an enthusiastic cheerleader for many of our foreign interventions.

  Stephen Kinzer

  Country, Mean, Government

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• When I first came into the NFL, I was just trying to be super, super ready to learn the plays and all that. Now, I've found more balance. I think that with new life coming in, and family and everything else, balance has been critical. That goes for the social media part, too - allowing the fans to come into our world a little is cool.

  Russell Wilson

  Thinking, Our World, Media

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I think giving great content out to people is critical, and exclusive, cool content they've never seen before is the best way to go.

  Russell Wilson

  Thinking, People, Giving

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.

  Diane Abbott

  Missing, Debate, Mental Health

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• I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person is acting.

  Malin Akerman

  Character, Thinking, Play

  "Watchmen Interview: Malin Akerman as Silk Spectre II". Interview with Cole Haddon, www.mtv.com. March 03, 2009.

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• For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men.

  Isabel Allende

  Motivation, Real, Inspiration

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• I can see how the young girls really get hurt when their moms are critical, or vice versa when they're overly critical of their moms. It can be so painful.

  Tori Amos

  Girl, Mom, Hurt

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• In the fantasy, sci-fi world, the fans are so discerning and they're so tough and they're so intelligent, and they're so critical.

  Scott Bakula

  Intelligent, Fans, World

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• There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media - than ever before. We've never needed people to think more critically than now, and they've taken a big nap.

  Alec Baldwin

  Country, Taken, Thinking

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• I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read them.

  John Banville

  Would Be, Reviewers, My Own

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• The next few months are critical to Pakistan's future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working for social justice.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Fighting, Justice, Pakistan

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• House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.

  John Boehner

  House, Support, Leader

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• I'm pretty critical of myself as far as reaching some sort of perfect bull's-eye or target that I'm aiming for.

  Jeff Bridges

  Eye, Perfect, Target

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• There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated characters. Or what they would call over-the-top performances. Well, this is completely false.

  Nicolas Cage

  Character, Hollywood, Misperception

  "Nicolas Cage: 'People think I'm not in on the joke'". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2013.

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• The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical.

  Jim Carrey

  Thinking, Self, Kind

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• I'm hugely self-critical in the morning.

  Nick Cave

  Morning, Self

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• Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.

  Raymond Chandler

  Writing, Cutting, Thinking

  Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). “Raymond Chandler Speaking”, p.49, Univ of California Press

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• Egypt has been a partner of the United States over the last 30 years, has been instrumental in keeping the peace in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, which is a critical accomplishment that has meant so much to so many people.

  Hillary Clinton

  Israel, Egypt, Years

  "Clinton calls for a peaceful transition to democracy in Egypt" by Tom Cohen, www.cnn.com. January 30, 2011.

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• I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was wrong.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Careers, Race, Mind

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• The Israeli military plays more than a critical role in defending the citizens of the Jewish state. It also plays an important social, scientific and psychological role in preparing its young citizens for the challenging task of being Israelis in a difficult world.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Military, Play, Challenges

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• Europe needs an engine, and the Franco-German motor has provided that when the two nations have converged on important topics during critical periods. But that partnership shouldn't be a directorate for other EU members.

  Francois Hollande

  Two Nations, Europe, Important

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• Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.

  Sidney Hook

  Philosophy, Hook, Surveys

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• A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a person who denies the rights of others.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Rights, Deny, Persons

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• So when we're really addressing issues like poverty, you can't do that without addressing the real driver of some of those, which is stable homes, families. So that's why to me those issues are important. They're not frivolous. They're critical economic issues.

  Mike Huckabee

  Real, Home, Issues

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