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Epictetus Philosopher
Opinion

"When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right to do it, avoid doing the thing; but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?"

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Epictetus Philosopher
Opinion

"Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence."

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Clive James Writer
Opinion

"As far as talent goes, Marilyn Monroe was so minimally gifted as to be almost unemployable, and anyone who holds to the opinion that she was a great natural comic identifies himself immediately as a dunce."

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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician
Opinion

"Who ever heard a theologian preface his creed, or a politician conclude his speech with an estimate of the probable error of his opinion?"

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"I don't read reviews and I don't know what to do with opinions, so I just lose them. They take up space, they become a process of manufacturing a persona, which I want to avoid."

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Edmund Burke Philosopher, Politician
Opinion

"No men can act with effect who do not act in concert; no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence; no men can act with confidence who are not bound together with common opinions, common affections, and common interests."

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
Opinion

"In youth, it is common to measure right and wrong by the opinion of the world, and in age, to act without any measure but interest, and to lose shame without substituting virtue."

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Virginia Woolf Novelist
Opinion

"Nothing shakes my opinion of a book. Nothing -- nothing. Only perhaps if it's the book of a young person -- or of a friend -- no, even so, I think myself infallible."

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Karl Kraus Playwright, Journalist
Opinion

"It so often happened to me that someone who shared my opinion kept the larger share for himself that I am now forewarned and offer people only ideas."

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