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The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. ↗


— Elbert Hubbard


#being #criticism #endure #final #final proof

Look, Aerin, preparation is only half the challenge of winning a debate.” “And the other half?” He had her now. “You have to choose the right side.” “Your side, you mean.” She bristled. “No, the losing side.” “What?” “Always choose the weaker side.” “Why would I do that?” Doubt edged her voice, but now she was sitting erect, her feet flat on the floor. “Because then you have further to go to prove your case.” He eased the feet of his chair down. “In a debate, there are two sides. If both make a good argument, then the less popular side wins because that side had further to go to prove its point. Simple logistics.” “If you don’t care which side wins.” She frowned. “It’s a debate. It doesn’t matter which side wins.” “You mean it doesn’t matter to you.” The tone in her voice unsettled him. Or maybe it was the fact that that her criticism disturbed him at all. “It’s a class,” he said. “The point is to flesh out the different sides of an argument.” “And you don’t care if the truth gets lost in the shuffle. Don’t you believe in anything?! ↗


— Anne Osterlund


#belief #debate #debating #challenge

None of you believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself. ↗


— Anonymous


#brotherhood #islam #islam

You're a poem?' I repeated. She chewed her lower lip. 'If you want. I am a poem, or I am a pattern, or a race of people whose whose world was swallowed by the sea.' 'Isn't it hard to be three things at the same time?' 'What's your name?' 'Enn.' 'So you are Enn,' she said. 'And you are a male. And you are a biped. Is it hard to be three things at the same time? ↗


— Neil Gaiman


#discord #girls #self #three #race

At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack: Reason and Right ↗


— Miguel de Unamuno


#lying #reason #silence #truth #winning

Would I cheat to save my soul? No. But to save my G.P.A.? Yes. ↗


— Julie Anne Peters


#grades #julie-anne-peters #luna #regan #cheating

Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It embraces an author's phrase, makes use of his expressions, erases a false idea, and replaces it with the right idea. ↗


— Guy Debord


#embraces #erases #expressions #false #his

And when Hugh would grow progressively Gandhi on me, I'd remind him that these were pests---disease carriers who feasted upon the dead and then came indoors to dance upon our silverware. ↗


— David Sedaris


#progress

I pledge to keep you safe. ↗


— Kimberly Derting


#loyalty #max #promise #loyalty

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies. ↗


— Holly Black


#lies #truth #choice






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