"What could me more plausible than a line of reasoning which argues that the explanation of the origin of a system was to achieve an end that has in fact been achieved?"
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"I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant - so who am I to argue with him!"
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"I argue with myself, get mad at myself, throw myself around the room and then apologize to myself."
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"One could argue that there exist certain questions that are best left unanswered."
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"When you're in the Middle of an Argument, ask yourself: Do I want to be Right or be Happy?"
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"Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian."
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"When I didn't argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake."
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"How can you argue with a woman who won't?"
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"I petted the dogs who didn't argue with me ever. All dogs love God. They're wiser than their masters."
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"I have the reputation for having read all of Henry James. Which would argue a misspent youth and middle age."
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"Men will argue more philosophically about the human heart; but women will read the heart of man better than they."
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"My father could argue two sides of a Möbius Strip."
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"It used to be that nobody would really argue with a woman, because what she thought (unless it was by way of providing helpful comments about one's own work) just didn't matter."
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"We have to gamble, and sometimes lose as George Ainslie argues; this keeps the appetite for life sharp."
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"Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself to be grossly unfair in arguing against it."
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"I have just as many liberal ideas as I have conservative ideas that I argue with myself sometimes."
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"Insanity is arguing with reality."
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"I tend not to argue about things that I don't believe in."
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"I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans."
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"I am pleased though that there's a possibility of a diplomatic solution [in Syria]. I remain somewhat skeptical, but I am pleased that it's a possibility and I think people like myself who've been arguing for delaying this bombing, have allowed this diplomatic possibility to occur."
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