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Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.

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He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

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The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.

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Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck.

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I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.

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When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.

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I certainly admire people who do things.

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The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement.

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Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

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It is not a fragrant world.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: July 23rd, 1888

Died: March 26th, 1959

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