Accentuate the Negative/Quotes
"The scene's about the characters, and it's a nice scene, but I'm not here to accentuate what's nice."
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Amanda Honeydew: Gosh, this place looks so tiny! I remember it was huge! —The Worst Witch, "The Millennium Bug" (Season 2, Episode 13)
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"I think these are passages we can skim past. They're awful, of course, but awful in a pedestrian way. I'm more interested in the more instructively awful passages of this book."
—Fred Clarke, on Tribulation Force
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"I know we mainly focused on the shitty aspects, but let me tell you, that's the name of the game." |
First Person: These autumn leaves sure are nice. |
"So class, the question I have to ask you is, why are you all so jaded and negative? Almost all the time, I hear you guys griping about something and are almost always finding something to complain about. When I was your age, that was actually considered annoying. What made the sudden change?" —An exchange that happened in a Philosophy class.
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"Why? Because it's easier to be negative. That part will never change."
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"If you wanna be a genius, it's easy! All you gotta say is 'Everything stinks,' then you're never wrong."
—Wilbur Cobb, The Ren and Stimpy Show, "Stimpy's Cartoon"
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"No News... is good news"
—Anonymous
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"For fans, we sure do complain a LOT, don't we?"
—Anonymous
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"Is that how we critique movies nowadays? By just ranting and nitpicking about all the individual moments we hated?"
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"I need to stand on a rake or fall in a vat of sheep excrement for there to be something to write about each month. Good news, frankly, is dull."
—Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear
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