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attempts to nail down “who we really are” most often serve as rhetorical pawns in unwinnable arguments fueled by competing agendas


Maggie Nelson

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JAY SULLIVAN It's hard for me to see characters as villains... just heroes with competing agendas.
KIRSTEN BEYER Most of us are pawns in a game of love we don't understand.
LEO F. BUSCAGLIA By all means, avoid words—threats, complaints, justification, narratives, reframing, attempts to w...
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB Denialist arguments are often bolstered by accurate information taken wildly out of context, wielded...
MICHAEL SPECTER Money has always been framed as a public good, one that must be stewarded by governments, when in fa...
MELTEM DEMIRORS Sounding frank, honest, and sincere is, of course, a rhetorical strategy in itself, known from ancie...
JOHN JEREMIAH SULLIVAN Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
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CARL BERNSTEIN They want people who are going to serve by lifting others up, not tearing them down.
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ANDREW HEBARD It became a blend of mutually beneficial efforts. The facts and figures presented in this study coul...
DICK LANGLOIS If there is a single maxim that runs through this book’s arguments, it is that we are often better...
STEVEN JOHNSON Arguments, like men are often pretenders
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JAMES HITCHCOCK He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles again...
ALBERT PIKE In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes li...
JAMES MACGREGOR BURNS What, the glass is half-full instead of half-empty? Bullshit. What they don't tell you is that regar...
T.J. KLUNE We believed that [in earlier attempts to pass such a proposal] we got bogged down by having those sp...
RAY FREEMAN Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
OSCAR WILDE Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.
OSCAR WILDE Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing
OSCAR WILDE Arguments are to be avoided, they are always vulgar and often convincing.
OSCAR WILDE Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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DMITRY LUKASHOV We are either kings or pawns of men
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Mortal minds are always unsettled by eternal things; they want to catch the infinite and nail it dow...
SETH ADAM SMITH If we cannot see things better, we will never make things better. Optimism fueled by passion is alwa...
BRANDON A. TREAN Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already d...
JAMES ROBINSON Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already d...
JAMES H. ROBINSON Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already d...
JAMES HARVEY ROBINSON Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.
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DOUGLAS COUPLAND We have demonstrated that prevention works and deserves support, ... Nevertheless, as in most areas ...
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STEVEN WEBER Nude nail polish wins hands down over intricate nail art.
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WALLY SZCZERBIAK Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
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DISON ARNIBAL “Alot of good arguments are spoiled by some person who knows what he is talking about.”
DANIELLE D I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.
OSCAR WILDE Who cares what are you eating??
Who cares where are you?
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GABRIELLE ZEVIN We often find that People who claim virtue are the ones to lack it the most.
CHARLYN KHATER (Nelson) keeps saying things are required by HAVA that are not.
JENNIFER RING Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.
WILLIAM PENN Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
WILLIAM PENN Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers
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DAN HEDGES A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
SOURCE UNKNOWN A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO Rhetorical question: Did you get to where you are by accepting the status quo?
I didn't.
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AMANDA HILL As Hamlet said to Ophelia, ”God has given you one face, and you make yourself another." The battle...
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OLI ANDERSON A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit.
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CRAIG GROESCHEL Do fight unwinnable battles. Sometimes they're worth it.
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MAGGIE GRACE When you're doing a Broadway show, you have no free time.
MAGGIE GRACE I'm a Jane Austen/Jane Eyre kind of girl.
MAGGIE GRACE Every actor who has done an action film has a little tiny scar somewhere from that.
MAGGIE GRACE I collect imported teas, I have a few cupboards full! It's like wine, each has it's own flav...
MAGGIE GRACE Talking about relationships is a surefire way to jinx them.
MAGGIE GRACE I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some b...
MAGGIE GRACE I'm a prolific overanalyzer. And I can always use 15 words in place of three 3, no matter what.
MAGGIE GRACE I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are an...
MAGGIE GRACE I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip...
MAGGIE GRACE Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very...
MAGGIE GRACE Indian-styled garments are very popular in the U.S., especially in areas near the beach, like Hawaii...
MAGGIE GRACE I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We ...
MAGGIE GRACE I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye...
MAGGIE GRACE I trip over my legs all the time. I'll wave to somebody, look up, and end up eating pavement.
MAGGIE GRACE I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there&...
MAGGIE GRACE Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
MAGGIE GRACE I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedic...
MAGGIE GRACE In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly ...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER Children had a special status - protected from the outside world - and they dressed for the part in ...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER I am just an ordinary Catholic.
MAGGIE GALLAGHER Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent ...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER I regret the whole worlds that will never come into existence, the children, the grandchildren, all ...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER Whatever their defects, Christian fundamentalists have lived peacefully among us in America for seve...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good ...
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