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“Nonreaction isn’t about ignoring the problem or suppressing your emotions, but about choosing a more skillful and, dare I say, more eloquent response. It’s about recognizing that your silence can be more disarming than any logical (or illogical) argument.”

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Book:Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

Source: Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

“If I'd learned anything from my parents' fucked-up marriage, it was that making the other person think they're in control when they're really not is often the easiest way to win a fight.”

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Book:Best Offer Wins

Source: Best Offer Wins

“Good editorial writing has less to do with winning an argument, since the other side is mostly not listening, than with telling the guys on your side how they ought to sound when they’re arguing.”

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Author:Adam Gopnik

“Most people who serve in Washington have been trained either as lawyers or as political operatives--professions that tend to place a premium on winning arguments rather than solving problems.”

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Book:The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Source: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“Winning an argument with your wife is like winning the war with Iraq. Once you win, you're in even more trouble.”

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Author:James Carville

“I've been keeping a diary for thirty-three years and write in it every morning. Most of it's just whining, but every so often there'll be something I can use later: a joke, a description, a quote. It's an invaluable aid when it comes to winning arguments. 'That's not what you said on February 3, 1996,' I'll say to someone.”

“I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.”

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Author:Dave Barry

“I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength. It was a strategy for winning arguments, respect for others, and eventually, thought neither of us knew it at the time, chess games... "Come from the South, blow from the wind - poom! - North will follow. Strongest wind cannot be seen."”

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Author:Amy Tan

“There’s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down and get out of the way than it is to get clobbered by some parental tidal wave.”

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Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“There's no winning arguments with your parents”

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Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.”

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Book:How to win friends & influence people

Source: How to win friends & influence people

“I don't like your tone," was Violet's standard answer when one of her children was winning an argument.”

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Book:The Duke And I

Source: The Duke And I

“The definition of a Racist is anybody winning an argument with a liberal.”

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Author:Bill Whittle

“Winning an argument is losing it as it makes the loser feel bad.”

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Author:Deepak Chopra

“Look, this debate is basic: it's small government vs. big government. So how cowardly do folks like Blood and Frank Rich have to be that they can't man up and defend their love for collectivism? The only reason they scream race, is because that debate scares them. They know a racial accusation prevents dialogue, because such a harmful charge far outweighs any benefits of winning an argument.”