Foreign language instruction should begin in kindergarten

The impersonal IT

One strategy you can think about is using IT phrases to start your sentences when you are about to give an opinion. This has two effects:

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  it makes what you say sound more intelligent/plausible
  
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  it gives you some ready-made English to use that is grammatically complex
  
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  you don’t always need to say “Some people say”
  

Here are a few alternatives for you:

The impersonal THERE

Another alternative is to use a THERE phrase to be more impersonal. This works for the same reasons as IT does and nearly all these phrases are also for giving opinions: