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Brooks Atkinson [1894-1984] American

Rank: 105
Critic

Justin Brooks Atkinson was an American theatre critic. He worked for The New York Times from 1925 to 1960. In his obituary, the Times called him "the theater's most influential reviewer of his time."

Age, Education, Good, Knowledge, Poetry, Time

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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.	Age, Good, Time	101
It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.	Education, Knowledge, Poetry	102
It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.		103
Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.		104
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.		105
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.		106
After each war there is a little less democracy to save.		107
There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.		108
Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy.		109
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.		110

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