Clive James (Vivian Leopold James) Quotes
John Carey, who had once buried The Metropolitan Critic, hailed Unreliable Memoirs as the written equivalent of sliced bread. Instantly I revised my opinion of his critical prowess upwards.
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Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
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I think that, as athletes, sometimes we have the opportunities to make an impact. When it's authentic, I think there's room to share your opinion in an appropriate way.
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A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.
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I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.
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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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Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.
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The inertia of the governed cannot be disentangled from the indifference of the government. American leaders have both a circular and a deliberate relationship to public 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 don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.
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I'd love the opportunity to do something where I could really give my opinion, my feisty side - it'd be fun!
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I used to write a monthly column for the 'New York Times' syndicate. But I stopped because I found it really hard to have one extreme opinion a month. I don't know how these columnists have two or three ideas a week; I was having difficulty having 12 things to say a year.
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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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In my opinion, theater shouldn't give advice to citizens.
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In my opinion it's not about gay or straight or bi, we're attracted to spirits, whatever body they're in. There are other reasons too, but that's how I see it.
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In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right.
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I respect every guy that has walked away. I think every single guy in this league makes his own decision, and that's perfectly fine. The reason I respect that and the reason I think every guy has his own way of dealing with things is because, in my personal opinion, I know what I'm getting into.
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I still have to work paycheck to paycheck. Being in show business doesn't indicate that you're a 'success,' in my opinion.
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Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race.
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Thank you, Occupy Wall Street. With your vivid example of anticapitalist squalor, I've been able to convince all three of my children to become investment bankers.
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Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.
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I'm half Puerto Rican and half Jewish and so, in some ways, living in many worlds at once is where I feel most at home.
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John Carey, who had once buried The Metropolitan Critic, hailed Unreliable Memoirs as the written equivalent of sliced bread. Instantly I revised my opinion of his critical prowess upwards.
