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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Anyone Arguing Feel Hear Him Impulse Personally See Slavery Strong Tried Whenever I Feel

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I think when you have lawyers arguing over whether you can keep a detainee at 46 degrees... for two hours, that's not torture. It may be unpleasant, it may be coercive... but let's say what torture actually is, and that's not it.

~Alex Berenson

Topics: Actually Arguing Degrees Hours Keep Lawyers May Over Say Think Torture Two Unpleasant Whether You I Think

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Myths grow all the time. If I was to listen to the number of times I've thrown teacups then we've gone through some crockery in this place. It's completely exaggerated, but I don't like people arguing back with me.

~Alex Ferguson

Topics: Arguing Back Exaggerated Gone Grow Like Listen Me Myths Number People Place Some Then Through Thrown Time Times

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I see everybody arguing about what the value of music should be instead of what I think the bigger conversation is, which is that music has value, it's subjective and we're moving to a new era where the audience is taking more responsibility for supporting artists at whatever level.

~Amanda Palmer

Topics: About Arguing Artists Audience Bigger Conversation Era Everybody Instead Level More Moving Music New New Era Responsibility See Should Subjective Supporting Taking Think Value Whatever Where Which I Think I See

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I think if you make a good movie, people walk away arguing.

~Angelina Jolie

Topics: Arguing Away Good Good Movie Make Movie People Think Walk You I Think

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Instead of arguing about whether we're allowed to describe Muslim terrorists as 'Muslim terrorists,' why don't we argue about whether it's a good idea to be letting in so many immigrants who then blow up the Boston Marathon?

~Ann Coulter

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There's two identity markers I'm sure of, and one is, I'm Jewish. And the other is, I'm a writer. There's just no arguing with either thing. I'm just Jewish.

~Ariel Levy

Topics: Arguing Either Identity Jewish Just Other Sure Thing Two Writer

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If there is something I am arguing, it is a critique of science. Science has consistently denied the existence of consciousness other than human. Only in the last 20 years do we have acknowledgement of animal feeling or culture or experience.

~Barbara Ehrenreich

Topics: Acknowledgement Am Animal Arguing Consciousness Consistently Critique Culture Denied Existence Experience Feeling Human Last Only Other Science Something Than Years I Am

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Harvey and I grew up in Queens, N.Y. My brother and I shared a room for 18 years until we went away to college. When we were kids, after our father said, 'Lights out,' he also exclaimed, 'No more talking. Time for sleep.' But we'd stay up late, arguing over statistics, who the best center fielder was - Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle.

~Bob Weinstein

Topics: After Also Arguing Away Best Brother Center College Father Grew Harvey He Kids Late Lights Mantle Mays Mickey More Our Our Father Out Over Queens Room Said Shared Sleep Statistics Stay Talking Time Until Up Were Who Willie Willie Mays Years

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Think about it for a brief moment. Suspend disbelief. Wind the clock forward 100 years. Do you think, as a species, we will still be struggling with the things that vex us today? Will we still be arguing about the same stuff? We will still be eating Cocoa Puffs? We are at the end of the beginning.

~Brad Feld

Topics: About Arguing Beginning Brief Clock Disbelief Eating End Forward Moment Same Same Stuff Species Still Struggling Stuff Suspend Things Think Today Us Will Wind Years You 100 Years

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