Opinion Quotes
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Painting is a faith and that it brings with it the duty to pay no heed to public opinion - and that in it one conquers by perseverance and not by giving in.
Vincent Van Gogh
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Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.
William Cobbett
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The Constitution has never treated religion as merely another private opinion that government can order people to keep to themselves.
Josh Hawley
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Was she the same person to-night as last night? Was she two persons? If she was only one, which one? Or was she a mere vessel of receptiveness, a transparent vessel into which other people poured their view of her, and she instantly reflected the exact colour of their opinion?
Elizabeth von Arnim
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'12 Years A Slave' is a film that is beautifully shot, wonderfully acted, and told in a compelling manner. However, there are some questions, in my opinion, as to its importance. Paramount among those questions is, What does this scenario illustrate that we didn't know or haven't seen before? And why does such a film garner such popularity?
Joe Morton
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The reason I've been groundedand able to make albums, is because I've allowed my friends to come with me and voice an opinion. That's who keeps you grounded, the people who have known you longest.
Jay-Z
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Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.
John Maynard Keynes
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I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right to intermeddle in the internal concerns of another; that every one had a right to form and adopt whatever government they liked best to live under themselves.
George Washington
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People accuse me of going overboard preparing for my first ten million years in eternity; in my opinion, people go overboard in worrying about their last ten on earth.
Francis Chan
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When real independence comes to India, the Congress and the League will be nowhere unless they represent the real opinion of the country.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I think support of the straight community is very important and I think there has been a profound shift in public opinion seen reflected in many ways. We do not need straight people to speak for us but we do want straight people to stand with us.
Cleve Jones
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I regard reduction in Federal spending as one of the most important issues in this campaign. In my opinion it is the most direct and effective contribution that Government can make to business.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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I think you always strive to get better as an athlete. That's the difference between good and great, in my opinion.
Arian Foster
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I don't care about anybody's opinion - I care that my movies move you in a way to think about things and consider your own life.
Andrew Levitas
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That cruelest of tyrants - public opinion.
H. P. Blavatsky
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My uncle was famous for his balanced point of view. At the time of which I am writing (when he was nearly seventy) it had become so balanced, that the act of balancing seemed rather automatic.One had only to offer him an opinion for him to balance it with a counter- opinion of exactly the same weight, as a grocer puts a pound weight against a pound of sugar.
Stephen Spender
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We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.
Jules Verne
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Yes is the answer to that question. I've enjoyed being in government... if it would be useful for me to serve I would like to do that. Saying he would like to work for Gordon Brown despite his previous opinions of him!
Charles Clarke
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[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in what they called conversation, but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion, and not often any resemblance of subject, for Mrs. Thorpe talked chiefly of her children, and Mrs. Allen of her gowns.
Jane Austen
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There's a fear that I don't think people are interested in my actual opinion. I just think people are interested in me being funny.
Nick Thune
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I got comments about being too small, too short, there haven't been any Asian players and who am I to go out there and turn pro before my 16th birthday? And that's all good and fine. People want to have their comments and their opinions. Ultimately, you do what you believe in your heart. I think for me, things turned out OK.
Michael Chang
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Contrary to popular opinion, 'Leave it to Beaver' was not a documentary.
Stephanie Coontz
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Our producer, Mutt Lange, is perfect for us. He doesn't accept what we do and say, 'OK that's great.' He's always pushing us and challenging us. We like to think that we push ourselves, but having someone like Mutt, who you know is going to always give you an honest opinion, is an invaluable help. He's helped make Def Leppard the band it is today.
Joe Elliott Def Leppard
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I am tired of fighting state by state, county by county, city by city, for fractions of equality. I am tired of compromises and I am tired of the strategy that divides us from each other. It is time for us to unite across state boundaries in a truly nationwide movement to win full, actual equality, which can only come from the federal government. That's not my opinion. That's a fact.
Cleve Jones