A Quote by John Ciardi
The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.
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"Do you want my honest opinion?" People ask. I say, "Yes," for I'm curious. So they give me their honest opinion, And I - well, I'm always furious.
The best critics leave the reader curious to pursue something further, but still to let the reader have his or her own honest, unique opinion.
Meditation on any theme, if positive and honest, inevitably separates him who does the meditating from the opinion prevailing around him, from that which can be called "public" or "popular" opinion.
I give my honest opinion, whether it's right or wrong, but it's an opinion that I'll make.
Now is the moment when we can stand up and say, 'I'm an American. I make my destiny. And we deserve better! My children deserve better! My family deserves better. My country deserves better!' So here we stand. Americans have a choice.
I always tell Brock Lesnar the truth. I don't appease Brock Lesnar. I don't placate Brock Lesnar. When Brock Lesnar asks me for an opinion, I give to him an honest opinion that I'm willing to back up with facts, with theory.
You can be very honest and direct with people, respectfully. I never do anything maliciously; I simply give my honest opinion.
My fans deserve all the attention I can give them, but my son deserves his father.
People keep saying Aldo deserves this, he deserves that - how the hell do you deserve something when you pulled out of all these events?
If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.
I'm not saying the persona on 'Strictly' isn't me - it's just that the nurturing side, which is also a part of who I am, isn't what I'm there for. I'm there to judge and to give an honest opinion, even if it's not the opinion someone wants to hear.
No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
Gabby Giffords deserves a vote. The families of Newtown deserve a vote. The families of Aurora deserve a vote. The families of Oak Creek, and Tucson, and Blacksburg, and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence - they deserve a simple vote.
If you give your trust to a person who does not deserve it, you actually give him the power to destroy you.
David Beckham deserves all the respect you can give to him.
In my couple of books, including Going Clear, the book about Scientology, I thought it seemed appropriate at the end of the book to help the reader frame things. Because we've gone through the history, and there's likely conflictual feelings in the reader's mind. The reader may not agree with me, but I don't try to influence the reader's judgment. I know everybody who picks this book up already has a decided opinion. But my goal is to open the reader's mind a little bit to alternative narratives.
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