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"Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side."
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"Everybody talks, but there is no conversation."
"Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves."
"The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them - the sense that we have a monopoly on the truth; that those other people who believe in all these stupid doctrines are morons; that if you're sensible, you'll listen to us; and if not, to hell with you. This is nonconstructive. It does not get our message across. It condemns us to permanent minority status."
"The longer a person's twitter @username is, the harder it is to argue with them - on twitter."
"If one is talking about a vile thing it is better to talk of it in coarse language, one is less likely to be seduced into excusing it."
"If you want to appear more confident-speak slowly, articulately, clearly, and deliberately. Communicating with clarity will not only help you build more confidence in yourself, but it will inspire respect from others."
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
"I'll tell you a piece of news - I hope you have not heard it before: for good, bad, or indifferent, one always likes to be the first to tell."
"All the good stuff has already been said by someone somewhere at some point in time. You just have to find it. Today, communication pretty much comes down to understanding - saying what you have to say clearly and effectively...and then living it."
"Be careful what you say and do around a writer, your words and actions may become material."
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"Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions."
"There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them."
"Hardly anyone has noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere people stir their drinks counterclockwise, whereas the same people stir their drinks clockwise when visiting the Southern Hemisphere."
"Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig."
"Don't try to talk anyone out of concentrating his hatred on Ayn Rand or any other dead person. It can't harm the dead. Diverted to a living person, it might actually do harm."
"The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'."
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