Opinion Quotes - Page 17

• I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Mind, Vivid, Possession

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link (1888). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Government, People, Desire

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• Contrary to popular opinion, things don't go stale particularly fast in the art world.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, World, Stale

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• Poor Georgia O'Keeffe. Death didn't soften the opinions of the art world toward her paintings.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, Georgia O Keeffe, World

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• Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itself on independent thinking.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, Stars, Independent

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• When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is itself sexist and limiting.

  Jerry Saltz

  Artist, Males, Female

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• Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Hate, Heart, Men

  Friedrich Schiller (1884). “Works”

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• The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Science, Power, Errors

  "Counsels and Maxims". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, Vol. 2, Ch. 1, § 17, 2007.

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• Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Distance, Past, Law

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.35, 谷月社

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• Common is one of the nicest people I've ever met, and to describe him as a vile rapper because he has an opinion... just says a lot about the state of America. You are allowed to have an opinion in the United States - he's never harmed anybody, he just has an opinion about a president that wasn't good for our country.

  Jill Scott

  Country, Rapper, America

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• We all have the right of freedom of speech under the First Amendment. We all don't have to agree with one another on our opinions. Everyone in my circle, that I run around with, we all feel the same about God, country, integrity and character.

  Luke Scott

  Running, Country, Integrity

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• I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, or I might be a vegetarian, make me any less of an American.

  Pete Seeger

  Country, Religious, Philosophical

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes it occurs to me that the job of a serious cultural critic mostly consists in telling the generality of people that their opinions - on films, on books, on all manner of widgets, gadgets and even the latest electronic fidgets - simply aren't up to scratch.

  Will Self

  Jobs, Book, People

  "Will Self considers the Coen brothers". www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2011.

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• My dad, he is such a soft man. Even if he has these opinions about my boyfriends, he will be the sweetest guy. He will make you feel like you're fascinating and awesome, even if he doesn't like you that much.

  Amanda Seyfried

  Dad, Father, Men

  "'Dear John' Co-stars Channing Tatum And Amanda Seyfried Are The Write Stuff Onscreen And Off". Interview with Matt Pais, articles.chicagotribune.com. February 05, 2010.

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• There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [259]

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• I'm just chatty. But I do express my opinion.

  Reese Witherspoon

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• I'm a big believer in debate and difference of opinion.

  Naomi Wolf

  Differences, Debate, Bigs

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• I am delighted to be joining 'Guardian U.S.''s team as a weekly columnist, and to have the chance to address American and global current events on its distinguished platform. 'Guardian U.S.' brings the 'Guardian''s hard-hitting investigative brand to a new focus on American news and opinion.

  Naomi Wolf

  Team, Focus, Events

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• I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year.

  Wallace Shawn

  Writing, Thinking, Average

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.

  William Tecumseh Sherman

  Differences, People, Body

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• Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.

  Sargent Shriver

  Men, Realization, Worthy

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• I have a really big mouth, I have a lot of opinions and I will be heard.

  Kimora Lee Simmons

  Mouths, Bigs, Heard

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• I am the first person to go to Barnes & Noble and buy the new self-help book. I like to fill out the surveys, then I get my friends' opinions on how I answered to see if I was being honest with myself or not.

  Jessica Simpson

  Book, Self, Noble

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• The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.

  Adam Smith

  Change, Numbers, Facts

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• The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me.

  Stephen Sondheim

  People, Adaptation, Stage

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