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It's important to know where candidates for president are getting their ideas. Where do these ideas come from, who funds them and who is shaping our political discussion? These are all questions that are important to a healthy democracy.

~David Brock

Topics: Candidates Come Democracy Discussion Funds Getting Healthy Ideas Important Know Our Political President Questions Shaping Them Where Who

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Here, the broader issues are already familiar, and discussion has focused at a more sophisticated and detailed level. Within the philosophy of mind, the problem of consciousness is no big news.

~David Chalmers

Topics: Big Broader Consciousness Detailed Discussion Familiar Focused Here Issues Level Mind More News Philosophy Problem Sophisticated Within

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The discussion about energy options tends to be an intensely emotional, polarised, mistrustful, and destructive one. Every option is strongly opposed: the public seem to be anti-wind, anti-coal, anti-waste-to-energy, anti-tidal-barrages, anti-carbon-tax, and anti-nuclear.

~David J. C. Mackay

Topics: About Destructive Discussion Emotional Energy Every Intensely Opposed Option Options Public Seem Strongly Tends

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We can't be anti-everything - we need an energy plan that adds up. But there's a lack of numeracy in the public discussion of energy. Where people do use numbers, they select them to sound big and score points in arguments, rather than to aid thoughtful discussion.

~David J. C. Mackay

Topics: Adds Aid Argument Big Discussion Energy Lack Need Numbers People Plan Points Public Rather Score Select Sound Than Them Thoughtful Up Use Where

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My father was this huge, influential intellectual in the '60s and '70s. He was one of the main players in the cultural discussion in Sweden, the editor of papers.

~David Lagercrantz

Topics: Cultural Discussion Editor Father He Huge Influential Intellectual Main Papers Players Sweden

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I do, in fact, have a book club. I meet with a couple of guys once a month of a lunchtime discussion of some interesting text, usually, but not always, philosophical.

~David Liss

Topics: Always Book Club Couple Discussion Fact Guys In Fact Interesting Lunchtime Meet Month Once Philosophical Some Text

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Festivals are where I see other peoples' films, where we talk, where I get to learn what was working about the film, I get to have a discussion with viewers... and people who enjoy reading films - I enjoy reading other peoples' films, and what discussions can come of that.

~Debra Granik

Topics: About Come Discussion Discussions Enjoy Festivals Film Films Get Learn Other People Reading See Talk Viewers Where Who Working I See

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Our necks are getting injured from looking down, and the movie screen gives you opportunity to look up, you know? It gives you an opportunity to possibly have a discussion with someone afterwards.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Afterwards Discussion Down Getting Gives Injured Know Look Looking Movie Necks Opportunity Our Possibly Screen Someone Up You

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I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors tried to keep tight control, and consequent ill fate.

~Dennis Ritchie

Topics: Any Control Definition Difficulty Discussion Fate Ill Inventors Keep Language Languages Making Matter Mention Open Recall Tight Tried Whose

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If I felt we had alienated the Unionists, it would worry me because we've spent a great deal of time trying to open up discussion and dialogue with the Unionist Parties.

~Dick Spring

Topics: Alienated Because Deal Dialogue Discussion Felt Great Great Deal Had Me Open Parties Spent Time Trying Unionist Up Worry Would

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