As John Dewey observed, it's only in private conversation that political opinion crystallizes, as people absorb the words they read or hear from on high and incorporate the ideas they stand for into the stories they tell about politics and their lives.
NPR: 'Talking Right': Why the Left Is Losing, Linguistically
Of course, as investors we would like to accept these words as facts, and not as opinion.
But Mr Panetta's words, intended primarily to pander to opinion at home, can only have given them encouragement and stiffened their resolve.
In other words, investors were relying on an opinion on the financial statements that, when issued, was not supported by sufficient appropriate evidence.
The thing about Mourinho and Parames is that it's unclear just how much traction their words have in the realm of public opinion.
But you will not catch me using swear words in this blog as a means to express my opinion.
As I looked around the room at the bobbing heads of reporters and financial advisors, I wondered whether his words were being accepted as fact, faith, or opinion?
He wanted me, but in his own words later on, the other two actually voiced their opinion that I was a threat to their positions, so they picked a new college grad to be their HR Director.
In other words, the facts are that we are beginning to change public opinion and national policy.
Opinion polls invariably reveal distaste for the idea of a President Hattersley or Patten, in other words a head of state elected from among retired or second-rank politicians on the German model.
In other words, it's the media (read: us), in Marko's opinion, that will affect consumer opinion by influencing enthusiasts (read: you) who will in turn evangelize Nokia's products throughout the US. MeeGo, not Symbian, is the product that will generate that degree of buzz and excitement.
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