"It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer."
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"Those who, in debate, appeal to their qualifications, argue from memory, not from understanding."
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"Women cannot receive even the most palpably judicious suggestion without arguing it; that is, married women."
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"How you first meet the public is how the industry sees you. You can't argue with them. That's their perception."
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"Many argue; not many converse."
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"You can't argue with what is.... Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer."
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"Servile doubt argues an impotence of mind, that says we fear because we dare not meet misfortunes."
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"In the world of comedy, there's this: "If it's going badly, get off. If it's going well, get off". You can't argue with that either."
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"Now is the time to learn how to argue constructively before you have children."
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"If you argue against reality you will suffer."
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"Not to know of what things one should demand demonstration, and of what one should not, argues want of education."
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"Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves."
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"When an arguer argues dispassionately he thinks only of the argument."
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"Instead of focusing on arguing with people who say no, it might be easier to get near the people who like to say yes."
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"Television allows the audience to argue with the creator in a way you don't in a movie."
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"Immigration is by far the most controversial yet least understood issue in America. Frankly, given the way we're talking about immigration, given the emphasis, the overemphasis on border security, I would argue that we're not on the same page when we debate this issue. We're doing far too much debating and not enough conversing."
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"I was an Agnostic. Agnostics didn't have much to argue about."
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"At present every coachman and every waiter argues about whether or not the relativity theory is correct."
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"Many are those who can argue; few are those who can converse"
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"You can't argue with popularity. Well, you could, but you'd be wrong!"
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