People
You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.
— Olin Miller
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The claim is that our worry about others' opinions is mostly wasted, because people think about us far less than we imagine. It's a comforting, slightly humbling observation: the audience we fear is mostly busy with its own concerns.
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