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More negatives write than call. Its a cheap shot for me to go on t

More negatives write than call. Its a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because the reaction of the listeners is always an instantaneous expression of sympathy for me and contempt for the poor critic. – John Hall

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As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute. – John Hall

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God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease. – Albert Camus

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Criticism in the universities, Ill have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. Its Stalinism without Stalin. – Harold Bloom

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