#opinio

I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#african-american community #claim #community #different #diverse

As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, I'm not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn't matter at all. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#art #away #born #cannot #communicate

Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world it is more dangerous. In the west people think it's a right they're born with. Here it's a right given by the government, and one that's not really practised. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#chinese #citizens #constitution #dangerous #express

So maybe there are three parts in my life - earlier background living in exile in Xinjiang in a very political circumstance, then later the United States from 24 to 36 years old. I was quite equipped with liberal thinking. Then the Internet. If there is no Internet, of course, I cannot really exercise my opinion or my ideas. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#cannot #circumstance #course #earlier #equipped

I've come to learn that the choices I labor over and go back and forth about and ask a million people for their opinions and make lists about... those are always the wrong choices. ↗

— Michelle Williams

#always #ask #back #choices #come

I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me. ↗

— Ricky Williams

#attention #desire #feel #give #i

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion. ↗

— William Godwin

#artillery #civil #civil liberty #consequence #follows

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#doubts #i #me #must #my own

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#duty #faith #imposes #opinion #painting

It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also. ↗

— Dexter Gordon

#been #building #certainly #financially #good