#opinions

The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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I am so anti-people's opinions when I'm making a record, but when it's finished and I put it out there, I hope somebody likes it. ↗

— Gary Allan

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People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions. ↗

— Jane Austen

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Opinions differ most when there is least scientific warrant for having any. ↗

— Daisy Bates

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Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles and joints that one has to know. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

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Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

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Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one but they think each others stink. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself. ↗

— Brennan Manning

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