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| The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same). | David Mamet | 1947-, American Playwright |
| I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either. | Jack Benny | 1894-1974, American Comedian |
| Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war --for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more. | John Lennon | 1940-1980, British Rock Musician |
| Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else. | Joseph Heller | 1923-, American Author |
| The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction. | Mark Twain | 1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer |
| To refuse AWARDS is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal. | Peter Ustinov | 1921-, British Actor, Writer, Director |
| The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity. | Robert Graves | 1895-1985, British Poet, Novelist |
| You tolerate me, you really tolerate me. [Accepting his Independent Spirit Award] | Sean Penn | 1960-, American Actor, Director, Screenwriter |
| Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism. | William Gilmore Simms | 1806-1870, American Author |
