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“Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.”

“I'm not saying that 'Twilight' is, you know, some brilliant Oscar-winner, it's not 'Dr. Zhivago.' It's not trying to be. Because it is a female fantasy. I would argue that it's actually a universal fantasy. Which is, the fantasy being to be loved and cherished for exactly who you are.”

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Author:Melissa Rosenberg

“I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.”

Ifs Thinking Strong Opinion Cases Wings Prepared West Arguing Be Prepared Colleagues Mayors Strong Opinions

Author:Karl Rove

“I'm out there arguing the Labor case. I will do it anywhere and everywhere that I can. I do it within various communities across Australia where I am able to make a positive contribution. And let me tell you, my voice won't be silenced in the public debate because the issue at stake for Australia are so stark.”

I Can Able Voice Community Cases Issues Labor Let Me Various Arguing Debate Contribution Australia Stakes Starks

Author:Kevin Rudd

“There are many who criticise the United Nations. And those of us who know this institution well know that it is not immune from criticism. But those who argue against the United Nations advance no credible argument as to what should replace it. Whatever its imperfections, the United Nations represents a necessary democracy of states.”

Knows Should Wells States Nations United Democracy Argument Criticism Institutions Arguing Imperfection United Nations Immune Credible Criticise

Author:Kevin Rudd

“I would argue that religion comes from a desire to get to the questions of, 'Where do we come from?' and 'How shall we live?' And I would say I don't need religion to answer those questions.”

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Author:Salman Rushdie

“If you live in free countries, you don't have to spend all your life arguing about freedom because it is all around you. It seems redundant to make a lot of noise about something when, in fact, there it is. But if someone tries to remove it, it becomes important for you to formulate your own defenses of it.”

Ifs Trying Important Country Facts Seems Defense Arguing Noise Remove Redundant Free Country

Author:Salman Rushdie

“Kinkade's paintings are worthless schmaltz, and the lamestream media that love him are wrong. However, I'd love to see a museum mount a small show of Kinkade's work. I would like the art world and the wider world to argue about him in public, out in the open.”

World Art Shows Media Painting Arguing Museums Worthless Art World

Author:Jerry Saltz

“I think I could argue that the press has more impact on politics than corporations.”

Thinking Impact Presses Arguing Corporations

Author:Eric Schmidt

“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.”

“I would argue that we have a generation of young people, particularly minorities, who are no longer putting up with the kinds of things their parents put up with. They're much more self-confident. It's no longer acceptable to make fun of people because of race or sex. But it has always been present in American society.”

People Kind Self Young Fun Sex Parent Race Generations Arguing Minorities Acceptable American Society Self Confident

Author:Donna Shalala

“Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts. How vehemently do you argue your point of view? With what disdain do you view the other's point of view?”

People Views Reflection Treats Point Of View Arguing Secure Disdain

Author:William Shatner

“What you could say, and what I do argue in the book, is that he doesn't have as much concern for the lives of Iraqis as he does for the lives of Americans, or even frozen American embryos.”

Doe Book Concern Arguing Frozen Embryos

Author:Peter Singer

“That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids,' is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent.”

Children Kids Together Parent Fashion Arguing

Author:Iain Duncan Smith

“Reaching a conclusion has to start with what the parties are arguing, but examining in all situations carefully the facts as they prove them or not prove them, the record as they create it, and then making a decision that is limited to what the law says on the facts before the judge.”

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Author:Sonia Sotomayor

“The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn't argue with one. I'd put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.”

Giving Littles Sports Trouble Arms Kissing Arguing Umpires Kiss Me

Author:Casey Stengel

“I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. When they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I believed it, simply because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents.”

Said Three Jesus Parent Stones Arguing They Said Statues Puzzled

Author:Cat Stevens

“There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people that argue on the web for hours about who their favorite character on 'Friends' is.”

People Character Hours Arguing Jury Favorite Characters

Author:Jon Stewart

“For me, there's nothing sexier than a woman who can argue me into the ground and outsmart me...a woman who knows her own mind and isn't afraid to speak it.”

Knows Mind Speak Arguing

Author:J. Michael Straczynski

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Author:James Surowiecki

“We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.”

Nature Car Wall Climate Change Arguing Giants Bricks Our Environment Headings Brick Wall People Stupidity

Author:David Suzuki

“Faced with the evidence, many deniers have started to admit that global warming is real, but argue that humans have little or nothing to do with it.”

Humans Littles Real Evidence Arguing Global Warming

Author:David Suzuki

“Some argue we should get coal, oil and gas out of the ground as quickly as possible, build more pipelines and make as much money as we can selling it here and abroad. Their priorities are the economy and meeting short-term energy needs so we can live the lives to which we've become accustomed.”

Needs Should Energy Term Economy Meetings Oil Arguing Priorities Selling Gas Coal Accustomed Short Term Pipeline Oil And Gas

Author:David Suzuki

“The party in power almost always unapologetically engages in deficit spending, while the other party argues passionately against the evils of debt and deficits.”

Evil Party Debt Spending Arguing Deficit Deficit Spending

Author:Matt Taibbi

“Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.”

People Opinion Argument Arguing

Book:The Works of Booth Tarkington

Source: The Works of Booth Tarkington

“A multitude of bees can tell the time of day, calculate the geometry of the sun's position, argue about the best location for the next swarm. Bees do a lot of close observing of other bees; maybe they know what follows stinging and do it anyway.”

Knows Next Sun Position Arguing Bees Multitudes Location Observing Geometry Swarms Time Of Day

Book:Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony

Source: Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony

“When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship.”

Mother Growing Up Growing Brother Mom Jokes Grateful Harm Arguing Sibling My Siblings

Author:Marlo Thomas

“I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other.”

People Two Sides Talking Convinced Arguing Camps Not Talking Splitting

Author:Linus Torvalds

“I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite pastime - not programming.”

People Internet Arguing Complaining Programming Favourite Pastime Cathartic

Author:Linus Torvalds

“The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry.”

People Love Streets Weapons Singing Dancing Drinking Arguing Making Love Inventing Slaughterhouses

Book:Situationism: A Compendium

Source: Situationism: A Compendium

“Why does this person who is sitting behind a desk and never watches cartoons is arguing about what cartoons should be like. Its so creepy realizing that this person is a lunatic.”

Should Persons Doe Realizing Behinds Watches Sitting Arguing Desks Cartoon Creepy Lunatic

Author:Jhonen Vasquez

“Without a doubt in my mind, I should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. You look at my stats without my USFL stats, and I don't know how you can argue with that. Look at my combined yards. I'm not one to make excuses, so I'll play by their rules and not even count the USFL stats.”

Knows Should Mind Looks Play Know How Doubt Football Fame Excuse Arguing Halls Yards Hall Of Fame Pro Football

Author:Herschel Walker

“When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.”

Arguing Limitation

Author:Evelyn Waugh

“The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.”

Ifs Jobs Games Hurt Team Arguing Managers Thrown Umpires Hurt Feelings Gamer Inspirational Team

Book:Weaver on Strategy

Source: Weaver on Strategy

“I ain't here to argue about his facial features. Or here to convert atheists into believers. I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers the way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way yall need Jesus.”

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Author:Kanye West

“I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.”

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Book:The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

Source: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

“You should carefully study the Art of Reasoning, as it is what most people are very deficient in, and I know few things more disagreeable than to argue, or even converse with a man who has no idea of inductive and deductive philosophy.”

People Knows Men Should Art Ideas Philosophy Study Arguing No Idea Reasoning Disagreeable Converses

Author:William John Wills

“It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of joy and sadness in bell music - both of clock chimes, and of change-ringing - is very typical of England. It is of a piece with the irony in which English people habitually address one another.”

People Joy Doubt Pieces Sadness England Arguing Combination Clock Irony No Doubt Addresses Peculiar Bells Nevertheless Typical Sentimental Chimes Joy And Sadness

Author:A. N. Wilson

“The idea that there is one kind of African is of course ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads. Of course they are right to press for that issue, but so are we right, I believe, to argue for example that millions of children could and should be vaccinated.”

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Author:Bono

“Who of English speech, bred to the traditions of his race, does not recognize Hamlet in his 'inky cloak' at a glance? Not to know him would argue one's self untaught in the chief glories of his language.”

Knows Doe Self Language Race Speech Glory Tradition Arguing Chiefs Glances Cloaks

Book:Collected Essays: The torch and other lectures and addresses

Source: Collected Essays: The torch and other lectures and addresses

“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.”

People Wisdom Wise Basketball Smart Arguing Surround Surround Yourself Smart People Surround Yourself With Good People Surround Yourself With Positive People Smart Person Surround Sound

Book:Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle

Source: Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle

“I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.”

Thinking Arguing Reviews

Author:Bob Woodward

“Sometimes, if you really don't know how you feel about a topic, reading how both sides argue it can help.”

Ifs Knows Feels Sometimes Helping Reading Sides Know How Arguing Topics Both Sides How You Feel

Author:Elayne Boosler

“In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for the laws of war.”

War Light Law Abuse Prison Climate Critics Arguing Prisoner Scandal Disregard Abu Ghraib

Author:John Yoo

“You should protest about the views of people you disagree with over major moral issues, and argue them down, but you should not try to silence them, however repugnant you find them. That is the bitter pill free speech requires us to swallow.”

People Should Trying Views Silence Moral Issues Speech Majors Arguing Bitter Protest Disagree Free Speech Pills Moral Issues

Author:Julian Baggini

“I would argue that something dark is lurking between the sexes, and that it is seeping out into cinema.”

Sex Dark Arguing Cinema Lurking

Author:Romola Garai

“If we don't like rent control, we ought to oppose it on political and social grounds - and not just by arguing that, thanks to smartphones and social networks, we can create new, more efficient markets for matching short-term renters with tenants.”

Ifs Political Social Term Ought Arguing Thanks Efficient Short Term Social Network Matching Smartphones Tenants Efficient Markets Rent Control

Author:Evgeny Morozov

“It is possible to argue that the really influential book is not that which converts ten millions of casual readers, but rather that which converts the very few who, at any given moment, succeed in seizing power. Marx and Sorel have been influential in the modern world, not so much because they were best-sellers (Sorel in particular was not at all a widely read author), but because among their few readers were two men, called respectively Lenin and Mussolini.”

Men World Has Beens Two Book Moments Given Millions Modern Particular Reader Succeed Ten Arguing Modern World Casual Influential Sellers Seizing Best Sellers

Book:The collected works of Aldous Huxley

Source: The collected works of Aldous Huxley

“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.”

Men Reason Philosophy Use Humanity Authority Medicine Atheist Arguing Scripture Contempt Stubbornness

Book:Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine

Source: Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine

“One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection.”

World Trouble Pride Arguing Introspection

Author:Nick Hornby

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