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I do not take constructive criticism from people who have never constructed anything.


Eric Thomas

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ANNE REEVES One who accepts criticism gracefully is genuinely interested in self improvement.One who is willing ...
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ANDREW SOMERS You cannot fix people who will not take feedback, because from their perspective, they do not have a...
HENRY CLOUD Courses on historical methodology are not worth the time that they take up. I shall never give one m...
SAMUEL E. MORISON Feedback is helpful and constructive; criticism is hurtful and damaging.
FRANK SONNENBERG I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at al...
HENRY WARD BEECHER I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at a...
HENRY WARD PEECHER I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at a...
HENRY WARD BEECHER Being a critic is easy.
But if the critic tries to run the operation, he soon understands that ...
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NEIL GAIMAN I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak ...
HENRY WARD BEECHER The only thing that should be introverted about oneself is constructive criticism.
DEDRICK D. L. PITTER I'm very critical of J.R., but with a lot of constructive criticism.
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OSCAR WILDE To take an unequivocal stand, it seems to me, is of greater heuristic value and far more likely to s...
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GEORGE BRETT I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.
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JEFFREY HUNT You've got to be familiar enough with the issues to be able to offer constructive criticism.
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EDWARD SAPIR Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
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DENNIS DESROSIERS Ariel: “Eric!”
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HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON You can BE, DO, and HAVE ...absolutely ANYTHING you really, really want to BE, DO, and HAVE.
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ALAN MORRISON What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b...
STEPHEN R. COVEY Be yourself, don't take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive.
GERARD WAY I have never believed that the critic is the rival of the poet, but I do believe that criticism is a...
HAROLD BLOOM What you do, say, and have reveal who you are.
LORRIN L. LEE I don't have enough pressure to take a shower or do anything, so I'm not real happy .
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DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If I were to say anything to people who have a handicap, it?s? that they can?t allow it to take over...
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ELBERT HUBBARD I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.
SALLY PEARSON If you develop self-criticism, it won't be that much harder to receive the criticism of others.
ASSEGID HABTEWOLD We'll have to wait and see if Eric can take on the responsibility.
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COPERNICUS I might even pursue a career in politics. If I do, I will have had great practice dealing with the a...
GRETCHEN CARLSON He only profits from praise who values criticism.
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SABRINA CARPENTER I do not say anything from jealousy.
ANNA HELD I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based on truth.
WILL ROGERS I have never had a complaint. If anything, people complain that there is not enough of this.
DAWN CHECK I never said nothing..."
"I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You've got th...
TERRY PRATCHETT You don't necessarily have to do anything once you acknowledge your privilege. You don't have...
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BILLY SUNDAY There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
KARL KRAUS I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We a...
OSCAR WILDE anything else?
ANYTHING I'm not the one who was elected. I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point o...
LAURA BUSH Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real c...
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DAVEED DIGGS who never told me to do anything realistic and who never told me to stop daydreaming.
MAIRA KALMAN They are vestals who do not have anything has to keep.
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DEBALINA HALDAR One who utters speech that isn't rough
But instructive and truthful
So that he offends no...
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ERIC BUTTERWORTH The one thing that a fish can never find is water; and the one thing that man can never find is God.
ERIC BUTTERWORTH God can only do for you what He can do through you.
ERIC BUTTERWORTH Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God.
ERIC BUTTERWORTH You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
ERIC HOFFER Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, ...
ERIC HOFFER The birth of the new constitutes a crisis, and its mastery calls for a crude and simple cast of mind...
ERIC HOFFER To the old, the new is usually bad news.
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