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I resist lists. It must be all those 'Most Important' and 'Best of the Year' ones I compiled in my years as a beat critic. I often felt guilty about what I left out.

— Margo Jefferson

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred.

— Frank Langella

I try not to read best-dressed lists or anything like that. For every good thing, there will often be a not-so-nice thing people would say.

— Nina Dobrev

I think any List of Best X creates arguments and people saying 'You listed that rubbish?' That's what lists like this are for.

— Scott Westerfeld

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.

— Jo Stafford

To an outsider, I just seem like a list of accomplishments. To me, all there is is how often I fail.

— Junot Diaz

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.

— Dean Koontz

I've got a big, long list of stuff you're entitled to hate about my books.

— Jim Crace

I like lists, I'm controlling, I like order. I'm difficult on every level.

— Sandra Bullock

✗Opposing Perspectives

I love making lists.

— J. Courtney Sullivan

I've been a list maker for years, even before I was a musician. I was always writing things down and kept long lists of things that would make good album titles and things like that. I'm constantly thinking in terms of songwriting.

— Buzz Osborne