"Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad."

Argument, Punishment

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"Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad."

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"For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction."

Janet Frame, New Zealander Novelist

Argument, Destruction, Man, Will

"We go round and round trying to convince one another that our opinion makes more sense. And the only winner is time for making us look like fools by wasting it."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Argument, Debate, Opinion, Time, Wisdom

"You can make an argument that Bill O'Reilly is a conservative or a Republican. Bill's kind of unpredictable. Somebody might say that he would have been comfortable in the Democratic Party of Scoop Jackson."

Brit Hume, American Journalist

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"You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

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"My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem."

John Sayles, American Director

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"It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Argument, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

"Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Argument, Arguments

"In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

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"I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles."

Jacques Derrida, French Philosopher

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"If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak."

William Godwin, English Writer

Argument, Doubt

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"Be able to identify the most common breeds of dogs and cats on sight."

Animals, Cats, Dogs, Sight

"Scientists and creationists are always at odds, of course."

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"Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once."

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"Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom."

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"Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process."

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"Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?"

Time, Habit, Bed, Waste

"Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country."

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"Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles."

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"The difference between talking on your cell phone while driving and speaking with a passenger is huge. The person on the other end of the cell phone is chattering away, oblivious."

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"Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best."

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