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People put you down enough you start to believe it. — Vivian Ward · 1990No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. — Eleanor Roosevelt · 1937Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854I never had anyone make me feel as cheap as you did today. — Vivian Ward · 1990He hears On all sides, from innumerable tongues A dismal universal hiss, the sound Of public scorn. — John Milton · 1667I will not be judged by you or society. I will wear whatever and blow whomever I want as long as I can breathe-and kneel. — Samantha · 2002All 10 quotes →
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Long experience has taught me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong. — Anthony Eden · 1956
I will not be judged by you or society. I will wear whatever and blow whomever I want as long as I can breathe-and kneel. — Samantha · 2002
He hears On all sides, from innumerable tongues A dismal universal hiss, the sound Of public scorn. — John Milton · 1667
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise. — W. Somerset Maugham · 1915
Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854