The Los Angeles Film Critics Association ("LAFCA") was founded in 1975. Its main purpose is to present yearly awards to members of the film industry who have excelled in their fields. These awards are presented each January. Because of the promptness of the award presentation, right after the end of the year, the LAFCA awards and the Golden Globe Awards are seen as significant in presaging the winners of the Academy Awards.
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—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
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—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1951)
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—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)
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—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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For ‘tis but half a judge’s task, to know.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
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—French National Assembly. Declaration of the Rights of Man (drafted and discussed August 1789, published September 1791)