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批评
Criticism
In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.
在批评中，我要勇敢，像对待朋友和敌人一样，绝对公正。没有什么能使我偏离这个目的。
One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.
一个人永远不应该批评自己的工作，除非在一个新的和有希望的心情。一个疲倦的头脑的自我批评是自杀。
The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive.
人类学中文学批评的意义不在于取代研究，而在于发现我们是如何具有说服力的。
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.
如果所有的印刷商都下定决心不印刷任何东西，除非他们确信这样做不会冒犯任何人，那么印刷出来的东西就会很少。
The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.
一旦你宣布一套思想不受批评、讽刺、嘲笑或蔑视，思想自由就不可能实现。
I support the bigot's right to speak out, as if I start limiting them, they may start limiting me. I also support my right to ignore them.
我支持偏执狂们畅所欲言的权利，如果我开始限制他们，他们可能会开始限制我。我也支持我忽视他们的权利。
If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.
如果评论家对我的私生活有意见，那是他们的意见。任何有半个大脑的人都会意识到，图表才是最重要的。
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
传统的人们因背离传统而愤怒，很大程度上是因为他们认为这种背离是对自己的批评。
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
就目前的情况来看，哲学家们都太喜欢从高层提出批评，而不是从内部研究和理解事物。
When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else?
当我刚开始的时候，我的外表受到了批评。我认为，现在，这是一件好事，因为，为什么你想看起来像其他人?
Well you know I've attracted a lot of criticism by, for example, suggesting that child benefit should be taken away from higher rate taxpaying families.
你知道，我招致了很多批评，比如，我建议儿童福利应该从高税率的纳税家庭中扣除。
It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't get to you reading the negative stuff.
受到一些不好的批评是件好事。我还在这里，我很好，但如果我说你没有读到负面的东西，那我就是在说谎。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Don't pay any attention to the critics-don't even ignore them.
不要理会那些批评，甚至不要忽视它们。
If I have one criticism of the other late-night shows, it's that they're almost entirely scripted.
如果说我对其他深夜节目有什么批评的话，那就是它们几乎完全是照本写的。
Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.
艺术寄生于生活，正如批评寄生于艺术。
Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
不要辱骂你的朋友，期望他们认为这是批评。
Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
沉默有时是最严厉的批评。
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.
一个成功的人是能够用别人扔给他或她的砖头打下坚实基础的人。