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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot of rich, pious hypocrites who want to share only enough to avoid widespread starvation, mob violence, and government seizure of more of their incomes.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Argument Avoid Beyond Charity Enough Government Hypocrites Incomes Level Lot Mob More Only People Pious Really Reasonable Rich Rubbish Seizure Share Socialists Starvation Though Violence Want Who Widespread

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I dropped out of high school when I was 16, after I had a huge argument with my English teacher over the meaning of the word 'existentialism.'

~Craig Ferguson

Topics: After Argument Dropped English English Teacher Had High High School Huge Meaning Meaning Of Out Over School Teacher Word

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Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.

~Cullen Hightower

Topics: Argument Being Deny Generate Hoping Lose Pleased Praise Sometimes Worthy Would

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I should probably be careful admitting this, but sometimes, when my characters are having a disagreement, it's a disagreement I'm having with myself. I can see both sides of the argument.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

Topics: Admitting Argument Be Careful Both Both Sides Careful Characters Disagreement Having Myself See Should Sides Sometimes I Can

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You can't argue that you have to have art, and prove it to anybody. Why should I give $1,000 to art when there are people starving? Of course, that's true. But just because you can't, theoretically, defend the arts, or make a sensible argument for their preservation, doesn't mean they're not important.

~Dakin Matthews

Topics: Anybody Argue Argument Art Arts Because Course Defend Give Important Just Just Because Make Mean People Preservation Prove Sensible Should Starving Theoretically True Why You

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The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

~Dale Carnegie

Topics: Argument Avoid Best Get Only Way

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If you pick up an eighteenth-century play, at the top it says 'The Argument,' and then you have a list of characters, and then you have the play. I was just always struck by that - that, of course, good drama is about conflict.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: About Always Argument Characters Conflict Course Drama Good Just List Pick Play Says Struck Then Top Up You

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Supreme Court arguments and decisions are fascinating to a few of us and really pretty boring to most.

~Dan Abrams

Topics: Argument Boring Court Decisions Fascinating Few Most Pretty Really Supreme Supreme Court Us

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In Don Mills in the Sixties, nothing comes close to the humiliation of losing an argument. In our weird little creative circle, no one cares who has faster fists, but to lose an argument suggests inferior intelligence.

~Dan Hill

Topics: Argument Cares Circle Close Creative Faster Fists Humiliation Inferior Intelligence Little Lose Losing Mills No One Cares Nothing Our Sixties Weird Who

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The point of college is more to acquire skills than to acquire domain knowledge. One of the skills that is going to be most necessary: you have to be able to read with rigor and write with clarity. You have to be able to communicate. To make an argument, whether it's in a written piece or in front of a group of people.

~Dan Pink

Topics: Able Acquire Argument Clarity College Communicate Domain Front Going Group Knowledge Make More Most Necessary People Piece Point Read Rigor Skills Than Whether Write Written You

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