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Brooks Atkinson

Brooks Atkinson

American theatre critic

Lived from: 1894 - 1984

Category: Media Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 28 november 1894 Died: 14 january 1984

  • In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.
  • The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

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  • The humorous man recognizes that absolute purity, absolute justice, absolute logic and perfection are beyond human achievement and that men have been able to live happily for thousands of years in a state of genial frailty.
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  • It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.
    Once around the sun (1951)
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  • The evil that men do lives on the front pages of greedy newspapers, but the good is oft interred apathetically inside.
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  • This nation was built by men who took risks - pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.
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