Jane Austen Quotes
I speak what appears to me the general opinion; and where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
Quotes to Explore
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Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.
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I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
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I am the way I am. If you like me because I'm glamorous, so be it. If you like me, because I speak well or I have a brain and opinion, so be it.
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We had a few non-fiction books at home, but my dad was of the opinion that fiction was a complete and utter waste of time because it wasn't real - so what was the point of reading it?
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If you don't love something, it's not functional, in my opinion.
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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.
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I would describe my personal style as eclectic.
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Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.
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I have lost the freedom of not having an opinion.
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The Bahraini people are eager to obtain facts to enable them to shape a comprehensive national opinion without division among its people. We confirm to all journalists and media personnel in the kingdom of Bahrain that their freedom is preserved and their rights are safeguarded.
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A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.
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I only gave out my opinion that same sex marriage is against the law of God.
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I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.
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I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
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I never really felt I had the same respect as my male team-mates. My opinion wasn't worth as much. I used to sit quietly in meetings and not say anything, as I knew my opinions would be disregarded. And that's after I had become Olympic champion and multiple world champion.
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After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that.
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Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
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My books deliberately provide no answers or messages. I'm drilled in the habit of objectivity and also aware that the steady drip of fiction has more power than facts to shape opinion, so I handle it with caution.
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If you want my opinion, I say that this is a state based on occupation, that has usurped the rights of others.
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My first time playing a main character was in 'Seventeen Years.' It was directed by famous Sixth Generation director Zhang Yuan, but it wasn't a large commercial film.
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I speak what appears to me the general opinion; and where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
