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"I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me."
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"None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves."

"As long one is not able to let go of the insistence on a certain opinion [faith, sect], he has not earned the right for Moksha [Ultimate Liberation]. He is not worthy of Moksha if he is in the sect. He is only worthy of material happiness; he is worthy of a celestial life."

"Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support."

"I wanted this to have as wide an audience as possible. I didn't want to get an X rating, because in my opinion once that happens you X-out everyone else."

"One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed."

"Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them."

"However, the Medicare prescription drug benefit has changed, and if the nearly 3,000 seniors I have met through 12 town halls can represent a sample of opinion, many seniors do not yet understand the prescription drug program and do not plan to sign up for coverage."
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"I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive."

"The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off."

"Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful about these things that it has changed your outlook in some ways. And not necessarily made you a better human being but made you see things."

"In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins."
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