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Opinion Quotes
"Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."
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"You can say anything to David Icke and he will accept it and put it into his ideology."
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"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion."
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"Even though shows like NYPD Blue are soaps in my opinion, but they're individualized to an extent that you can still follow what's going on if you miss a week."
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"Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality."
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"The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics."
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"Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain."
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"It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion."
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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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"I put less stock in others' opinions than my own. No one else's opinions could derail me."
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"No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion."
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"I have before me a newspaper slip on which a writer expresses the opinion that no one should be allowed to possess more than one million dollars' worth of property."
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"I think he intends to run for president... I think Senator McCain cares about the opinions of New Hampshire voters."
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"Mrs. White, in my opinion, made false statements. She misused what she claimed was the prophetic gift she had."
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"My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker."
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"I'm happy to have my own opinion and air it when I think it's necessary."
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"As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it."
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"You're in a profession in which absolutely everybody is telling you their opinion, which is different. That's one of the reasons George Lucas never directed again."
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"If somebody asks for my opinion, I tell them my opinion, whether it's what they want to hear or not."
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"It's not that I don't have opinions, rather that I'm paid not to think aloud."
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"Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie."
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"The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow."
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"And the general opinion is we are much better on stage than in the studio."
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"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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"The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds."
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"Also, when I didn't like something, I could keep my opinion to myself."
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"Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity."
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"I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted by literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours."
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"Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way."
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"There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions."
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"I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service."
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"You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else."
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"Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict."
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"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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