"After Nashville sushi and a long debate on Bob Dylan, we went into Woodland Studios at 10 pm that night for a look around, and jammed for 5 hours solid."

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"After Nashville sushi and a long debate on Bob Dylan, we went into Woodland Studios at 10 pm that night for a look around, and jammed for 5 hours solid."

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"... the courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the 'other side'..."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Debate, Courage, Belief, Judgment

"Some readers may have noticed an icy little missive from Noam Chomsky ["Letters," December 3], repudiating the very idea that he and I had disagreed on the "roots" of September 11. I rush to agree. Here is what he told his audience at MIT on October 11:Clever of him to have spotted that (his favorite put-down is the preface 'Turning to the facts...') and brave of him to have taken such a lonely position. As he rightly insists, our disagreements are not really political."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Debate, Politics, Truth, Writing

"Let's leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let's take the resources that we have, and prioritize, and manage, and focus our energy on just doing things that count - on real results."

Phil Bredesen, American Politician

Debate, Energy, Focus, Liberals

"I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously."

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Politician

Debate, Democracy

"But the reporter has the responsibility to determine, number one, whether that is true, and number two, to make a judgment as to whether it's in the public interest and whether or not it should be part of the debate."

Bob Schieffer, American Journalist

Debate, Interest, Judgment, Public

"What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving."

Jeane Kirkpatrick, American Diplomat

Debate, Effort, Security

"The key to holding a logical argument or debate is to allow oneself to understand the other person's argument no matter how divergent their views may seem."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Debate, Logic, Understanding, Argument

"Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled."

Michael Crichton, American Author

Debate, First

"I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments but not with comprehension."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Debate, Argument, Opposition, Logic

"No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security."

Joe Biden, American Vice President

Debate, Security

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"After the Soft Boys I just didn't want to work with any more guitarists."

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"You can't censor people's dreams."

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"If people were really naked and everyone knew what each other was thinking, everyone would probably just laugh... or they'd lock each other up."

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"As soon as a norm is established, people start questioning it, which is probably a good thing in the end."

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"... the courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the 'other side'..."

"Let's leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let's take the resources that we have, and prioritize, and manage, and focus our energy on just doing things that count - on real results."

"I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously."

"But the reporter has the responsibility to determine, number one, whether that is true, and number two, to make a judgment as to whether it's in the public interest and whether or not it should be part of the debate."

"What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving."

"The key to holding a logical argument or debate is to allow oneself to understand the other person's argument no matter how divergent their views may seem."

"Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled."

"I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments but not with comprehension."

"No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security."

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"I've been able to make a good living as a musician, but now it's time to do all the other stuff."

"After the Soft Boys I just didn't want to work with any more guitarists."

"One of the ideas behind doing this acoustic record is that I didn't want to have to produce it by committee."

"You can't censor people's dreams."

"If people were really naked and everyone knew what each other was thinking, everyone would probably just laugh... or they'd lock each other up."

"As soon as a norm is established, people start questioning it, which is probably a good thing in the end."

"I was buying Bob Dylan mainly, everything I could get hold of by him."

"Dreams are a scientific fact."

"I was always jealous of something getting more attention."

"Production is something I've never come to terms with."