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Critics? Dont talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes jou

Critics? Dont talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I dont. – Jonathan Raban

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The only book by a modern president that bears serious comparison with Obamas Dreams From My Father is Jimmy Carters short campaign autobiography, Why Not the Best?, published in 1975. – Jonathan Raban

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Dreams From My Father reveals more about Obama than is usually known about political leaders until after theyre dead. Perhaps more than it intends, it shows his mind working, in real time, sentence by sentence, in what feels like a private audience with the reader. – Jonathan Raban

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Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserted. – Jonathan Raban

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Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy. – Montgomery Clift

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Everyone pushes a falling fence. – Chinese Proverb

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The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society. – Paddy Ashdown

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I think everyone shares a fear of failure – that youre only as good as your most recent collection. Thats definitely a fear, but its a fear that fuels me, that makes me want to work harder, that makes me take on more challenges. – Alexander Wang

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