Self-criticism Quotes
In life, most of us are highly skilled at suppressing action. All the improvisation teacher has to d...
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In the inner courtroom of my mind, mine is the only judgment that counts.

...writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.

Kissinger would probably be outraged even if he reread his own memoirs, on the grounds that they are...
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You know that sickening feeling of inadequacy and over-exposure you feel when you look upon your own...
Show MorePARAPHRASE: Genius is not that you are smarter than everyone else. It is that you are ready to recei...
Show MoreThe only way to reduce ugliness in the world is to reduce it in yourself,
The expectation of intelligent gossip is a powerful motive for serious self-criticism, more powerful...
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A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallo...
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