Roland de Vaux quotes

“Nobody wants constructive criticism. It's all we can do to put up with constructive praise.”
-- Roland de Vaux

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“The master of the palace had similar functions at the court of Judah. Announcing the promotion of Elyaqim, Isaiah 22:22 says: 'I lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder, if he opens, none will shut; if he shuts, none will open.' The Egyptian vizier's instructions are described in a very similar fashion. Every morning 'the vizier will send someone to open the gates of the kings house, to admit those who have to enter, and to send out those who have to go out.' One is reminded of the Lord's words to Peter, the Vizier of the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 16:19).”
-- Roland de Vaux

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“A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.”

“I lose my patience, and I own it too, When works are censur'd, not as bad but new; While if our Elders break all reason's laws, These fools demand not pardon but Applause.”

“We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.”

Source : "Our Generation Against Nuclear War". Book by Dimitrios I. Roussopoulos, 1983.

“I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.”

“You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.”

“My parents just tell me, ‘If you know what you want, you should stay determined and go for it. You can do anything.’”

“Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion”

“As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.”

Source : Alexander Alekhine, Garry Kasparov (2011). “Alexander Alekhine's Best Games: Algebraic edition”, Pavilion Books

“It is not he who searches for praise who finds it.”

“Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.”