"First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past."

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"First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past."

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"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."

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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."

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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

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"When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

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"You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

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"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right."

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"We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national security. But this argument can be made by other countries as well."

Joseph Rotblat, Polish Physicist

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"At the conclusion of my argument I received very high compliments from the Chief Justice and later from other of the Judges. What they said I do not care to repeat."

William Henry Moody, American Politician

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"I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber."

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"You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history."

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"People are so helpful. People will stop what they're doing to show you something, to walk with you through a section of the town, or explain how a suspension bridge really works."

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"I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals."

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"I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene."

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"I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down."

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