#arguing

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history. ↗

— Mary Douglas

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The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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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

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There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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In the end, arguing about affirmative action in selective colleges is like arguing about the size of a spigot while ignoring the pool and the pipeline that feed it. Slots at Duke and Princeton and Cal are finite. ↗

— Eric Liu

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There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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According to this way of arguing, there will be no true principles in the world; for there are none but what may be wrested and perverted to serve bad purposes, either through the weakness or wickedness of men. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

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My father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn't want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer - the one who wanted everyone to be happy. I didn't want there to be any problems. ↗

— Diana Ross

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Scientists do stand on the shoulders of giants, just as do writers. Conversely, in the arts we do make discoveries. We do refine our tools. So I am arguing with, or at least playing with, the idea that art never improves. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

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