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May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed, ambiguous at best - out of it we try to fashion the crystal clear, the singular, the absolute, and that is what is relevant; that is what matters.

— May Sarton

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.

— Francois Hollande

The only time the private parts of someone's life are relevant is when they're affecting public performance. And just because someone is a public person doesn't mean that any part of his or her private life is open to scrutiny. If someone is doing his or her job, you have to have enough empathy to understand that we all have personal problems.

— Rudy Giuliani

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

— Jackie Robinson

It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent.

— Shakira

My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.

— Kate Bush

It is no light matter to put in jeopardy a single life when it is the very singularity of each life which underpins the idea of a just society.

— Tom Stoppard

✗Opposing Perspectives

Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.

— Yoko Ono

Private is our DNA, in my DNA. It enables us to make decisions for the long term.

— Anthony Pratt

Obviously you try to keep as much of your private life as private as you can.

— Andy Murray

Nothing in human life is inherently private.

— Terry Eagleton