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Quote by Bertrand Russell
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. – Bertrand Russell

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Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd. – Bertrand Russell

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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important. – Bertrand Russell

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Im open to play for anybody that would give me respect, treat me the right way, and actually going to make me feel comfortable. – Pedro Martinez

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Ive always had a great respect for the picture business. Its been good to me. – Alan Ladd

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Ninety-nine percent of people now call me The Hoff – and its out of respect. – David Hasselhoff

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I dont believe war is a way to solve problems. I think its wrong. I dont have respect for the people that made the decisions to go on with war. I dont have that much respect for Bush. Hes about war, Im not about war – a lot of people arent about war. – Avril Lavigne

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I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I dont want to do them. – Nancy Astor

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