#argument

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. ↗

— Lord Acton

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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. ↗

— Voltaire

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My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art. ↗

— Thom Yorke

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In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism. ↗

— Susan Griffin

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I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has emotional problems, so I don't have to take his films seriously. By using this argument, the viewer retreats from the challenges of the film. ↗

— Michael Haneke

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You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

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The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to let some air into the discussion. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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I don't accept at all the quite popular argument that the press is responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. The monarchy's responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. To blame the press is the old thing of blaming the messenger for the message. ↗

— Anthony Holden

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I can't imagine an argument that says that raising marginal tax rates on high income people, many of whom are business owners, is a recipe for economic growth. ↗

— Glenn Hubbard

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