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If I had to give you one piece of advice it would be this: Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do. Seek out people who aren’t afraid of making mistakes and who, therefore, do make mistakes. Because of that, their work often isn’t recognized, but they are precisely the kind of people who change the world and, after many mistakes, do something that will transform their own community completely. Paulo Coelho
You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of the commonwealth, and so wise that the commonwealth needs their advice. That is, in my opinion, the false, romantic doctrine of democracy. On the other hand, you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any irresponsible power over his fellows. That I believe to be the true ground of democracy. I do not believe that God created an egalitarian world. C. S. Lewis
all that has changed, in my opinion, is that, thanks to television, we can hide a great depression. we may even be hiding a third world war Kurt Vonnegut
Or if they list to try. Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens. Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move. His laughter at their quaint opinions wide."John Milton, Paradise Lost viii 75-78 John Milton
The opinions prevalent in one age, as truths above the reach of controversy, are confuted and rejected in another, and rise again to reception in remoter times. Thus the human mind is kept in motion without progress. Samuel Johnson
Jane Austen quote: "Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of..."
Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion. Jane Austen
Thomas Jefferson quote: "The opinions and beliefs of men follow involuntarily the..."
The opinions and beliefs of men follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds. Thomas Jefferson
I remember it was with extreme difficulty that I could bring my master to understand the meaning of the word opinion, or how a point could be disputable; because reason taught us to affirm or deny only where we are certain; and beyond our knowledge we cannot do either. Jonathan Swift
Daniel Defoe quote: "He that hath truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward..."
He that hath truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because fo other mens's opinions. Daniel Defoe
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind. Friedrich Nietzsche
Scully,' [Mulder] said, his voice quiet and serious, 'with the... unorthodox explanations I often find when studying the evidence, I know you're always skeptical-but every time you're at least fair to me. You respect my opinion, even when you don't agree with it.' He looked at his hands. 'I don't know if I've ever told you, but I really appreciate that.'She looked at him and smiled. 'You've told me, Mulder. Maybe not in words... but you've told me. Kevin J. Anderson
Aldous Huxley quote: "Science [is] that wonderfully convenient personification of..."
Science [is] that wonderfully convenient personification of the opinions, at a certain date, of Professors X, Y, and Z.... Aldous Huxley
I have an opinion about holy war, which in general I must keep to myself. I have no wish to be known as a heretic. It is....that if a war can be holy, then God cannot. At best a war can only be necessary. Louis de Bernieres
It is the man of science, eager to have his every opinion regenerated, his every idea rationalized, by drinking at the fountain of fact, and devoting all the energies of his life to the cult of truth, not as he understands it, but as he does not yet understand it, that ought properly to be called a philosopher. Charles Sanders Peirce
... the human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality. George Eliot

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