{"id":39760,"date":"2013-11-20T10:14:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T17:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/20\/opinion-and-self-image.html"},"modified":"2013-11-20T10:14:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T17:14:19","slug":"opinion-and-self-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/20\/opinion-and-self-image.html","title":{"rendered":"Opinion and Self-Image"},"content":{"rendered":"
"People have become so rigid; their opinions seem to them like<\/i> themselves. When that happens (and it has happened) people can\u2019t change their minds. If you are identified by your opinions \u2014 if that is the very basis of yourself \u2014 how can you change your mind?"<\/i>
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\n People have become so rigid; their opinions seem to them like themselves. When that happens (and it has happened) people can’t change their minds. If you a\n <\/p>\n

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"People have become so rigid; their opinions seem to them like themselves. When that happens (and it has happened) people can\u2019t change their minds. If you are identified by your opinions \u2014 if that is the very basis of yourself \u2014 how can you change your mind?"— Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran – Interview with Susannah … Continue reading “Opinion and Self-Image”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27995,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/24\/still-waiting-for-researchers-to-change-their-opinions-about-french-fries.html","url_meta":{"origin":39760,"position":0},"title":"Still waiting for researchers to change their opinions about french fries","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 24-May-12 1:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Still waiting for researchers to change their opinions about french friesPosted as a public service announcement.Of course, there are other things that calcium supplements are good for and used for, so weight the risks and benefits before panicking or something. 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