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Brooks Atkinson

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Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go for it was imperfect and thank God that it can go.
Brooks Atkinson
After each war there is a little less democracy to save.
Brooks Atkinson
The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.
Brooks Atkinson
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.
Brooks Atkinson
The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.
Brooks Atkinson
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.
Brooks Atkinson
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.
Brooks Atkinson
Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.
Brooks Atkinson
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.
Brooks Atkinson
Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.
Brooks Atkinson
It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.
Brooks Atkinson
Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy.
Brooks Atkinson
There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.
Brooks Atkinson
People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.
Brooks Atkinson
Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.
Brooks Atkinson
It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.
Brooks Atkinson
Dont be condescending to unkilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.
Brooks Atkinson

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