Opinion Quotes
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I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic is risking his opinion, the maker is risking his life. It's a humbling thought but important for the critic to keep it in mind - a thought he can only know if he's made something himself.
John Lahr
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There was never law, or sect, or opinion did so much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth.
Francis Bacon
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It's interesting - a lot of what you accomplish in your lifetime either as an individual or as a company is determined by other people. I mean, you can do interview after interview and defend a point of view, but more often than not, the collective kind of opinion will be the one viewed historically and taken as gospel.
Jim Lee
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I am fine because somebody's opinion can't become my reality.
Disha Patani
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I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such a necessary connexion, especially among birds, and often with more complete success than in the case which I have here attempted to explain.
Alfred Russel Wallace
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If we turn a blind eye to the fact that your opinion is entirely wrong, you're quite right.
Nisio Isin
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He expressed the opinion that the world was in a deplorable state. I said, 'Don't talk rot, old Tom Travers.' 'I am not accustomed to talk rot,' he said. 'Then, for a beginner,' I said, 'you do it dashed well.' And I think you will admit, boys and ladies and gentlemen, that that was telling him.'
P. G. Wodehouse
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In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress.
Charles William Eliot
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The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.
Mahatma Gandhi
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To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.
Denise Mina
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Warden Chandler: PS-Why, yes, I can in fact capitalize any words I desire. The language is English. I am English. Therefore mine is the opinion which matters, colonial heathen.
Jim Butcher
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One of the most exciting aspects of 23andMe is that we're enabling you to watch a revolution unfold live during your lifetime, and I think that the decoding of the genome, in my opinion, is the most fascinating discovery of our lifetime, and you get to be part of it.
Anne Wojcicki
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Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth.
Vaclav Havel
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I am interested in all aspects of filmmaking, so I have an opinion on every aspect, so sound design, score, cinematography, editing - all that stuff I have experience doing myself, so I had a very strong idea of what I wanted, and I got, for the most part, people that were able to articulate that idea, which was nice.
Jeff Baena
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If people love what I do, that's fantastic. And there's always going to be people who don't, and if I focus on that, then it'll destroy me. I have to just worry about my own opinion and the opinions of the people I'm working with and people who are close to me. Otherwise, it'll drive me crazy.
Emily Browning
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The one text that most changed my opinion on criticism was probably Freud's 'Interpretation of Dreams,' which I read in college.
Elif Batuman
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The media are using a national treasure-that's what the public airwaves are. And they have a responsibility to bring out the full diversity of opinion or lose their licenses.
Amy Goodman
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Being a member of the court is a lot like walking through fresh concrete. Do you remember doing that as a child and leaving a footprint and it hardens after you? I'm afraid that's what we do and we look back and we see those opinions we've written and they've sort of hardened after us.
Sandra Day O'Connor
