#debate

That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#literature #living #our #our time #problems

Having spent a number of my younger years with trade-union parents attending NUT annual conferences, I feel comfortable with an agenda in my hand and a procedural format for debate. ↗

— Saffron Burrows

#annual #attending #comfortable #conferences #debate

You know what 'DOUBT' stands for? It stands for 'Debate On Understanding Bewildersome Thoughts.' ↗

— Gary Busey

#doubt #know #stands #thoughts #understanding

I can't ever remember sitting around and saying, 'gosh let's hurry up and get these debates going, that'll win it for me.' Nope. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#debates #ever #get #going #gosh

I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues. ↗

— Laura Bush

#feel #husband #i #issues #like

I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference. Political debates with my father had been fraught because he was uncompromising and explosive but if he taught me one thing it was to air my views. ↗

— Vince Cable

#because #been #debates #difference #explosive

We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public to address it in such a back-door manner. We should be having a full, open discussion of the issue during an energy debate. ↗

— Russ Feingold

#arctic #budget #debate #discussion #drill

For the life of me, I don't understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen, and which is enormously divisive in all of our communities. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#body #communities #constitutional #constitutional amendment #debate

Healthy disagreement, debate, leading to compromise has always been the American way. ↗

— Donald L. Carcieri

#american #american way #been #compromise #debate

The debate we won't be having is whether or not the debt ceiling should be raised. We will not have a situation where people will hold the American economy hostage in order to achieve a specific agenda - at least not until 2013. So we think that is incredibly important as a matter of economic good. ↗

— Jay Carney

#agenda #american #american economy #ceiling #debate