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Whenever you do anything public, you open yourself up to be criticized.

What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.

I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day.

You have to maintain your principles but have a broader appeal.

I'm honest about expressing my opinions. At the same time, I'm diplomatic in how I do critique things if I have a negative response.

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.

I can't control the criticism. It's something you certainly don't appreciate, but by the same token, everybody is entitled to their opinion.

I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed compliments. But if you get a lot of compliments, you don't need a critic to tell you, 'This should be done another way.'

The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic.

My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.