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• It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism.

  Mary Ritter Beard

  Long, Paper, Journalism

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• Forks and spoons have probably done more to reconcile people who cannot agree than guns and bombs ever did

  Theodore Zeldin

  Gun, People, Bombs

  Theodore Zeldin (2012). “An Intimate History Of Humanity”, p.96, Random House

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• Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel.

  George III

  Doe, Traitor, Scoundrels

  "Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War". Book by Richard M Ketchum, p. 65, 1997.

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• The best thing you can do for yourself is to accept other people’s behavior and the choices they make. You may not agree with them, you may even wish them to do things differently, but accept it. Just as you would appreciate other people accepting the choices that you make.

  Jennifer O'Neill

  People, Appreciate, Choices

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• People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent.

  Natan Sharansky

  Believe, People, Literature

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• But be careful about the parts you agree to play...You never know when one is going to stick.

  Edward Bloor

  Play, Sticks, Be Careful

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• That's the problem with relationships, It's a contract. You agree to be some unchanging caricature of yourself. To act the same way all the time. Never to change. It's counter-evolutionary. How can anything new and good come into your life, if you're holding on to something that doesn't exist anymore?

  Alex Shakar

  Way, Holding On, Problem

  Alex Shakar (2011). “Luminarium”, p.202, Soho Press

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• I mean, everyone agrees with stress tests for banks. I mean that's clear. But banks should do that on their own. And they should worry about their own capital functioning. That's what they should do. It shouldn't be a government function.

  Arthur Laffer

  Stress, Mean, Government

  "Economic Debate: Laffer vs. Liesman". "The Kudlow Report" Larry Kudlow, www.cnbc.com. February 26, 2009.

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• In the exercise of God's efficiency, the decree of God comes first. This manner of working is the most perfect of all and notably agrees with the divine nature.

  William Ames

  Exercise, Perfect, Firsts

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• To go to law is for two persons to kindle a fire, at their own cost, to warm others and singe themselves to cinders; and because they cannot agree as to what is truth and equity, they will both agree to unplume themselves that others may be decorated with their feathers.

  Owen Feltham

  Fire, Law, Two

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• While Christianity was able to agree with pagan writers that inordinate attachment to earthly goods can lead to unnecessary pain and grief, it also taught that the answer to this was not to love things less but to love God more than anything else. Only when our greatest love is God, a love that we cannot lose even in death, can we face all things with peace. Grief was not to be eliminated but seasoned and buoyed up with love and hope.

  Timothy Keller

  God, Pain, Grief

  Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.38, Penguin

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• Looking back at the worst times, it always seems that they were times in which there were people who believed with absolute faith and absolute dogmatism in something. And they were so serious in this matter that they insisted that the rest of the world agree with them. And then they would do things that were directly inconsistent with their own beliefs in order to maintain that what they said was true.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Order, People, Worst Times

  Richard P. Feynman (2009). “The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist”, p.19, Hachette UK

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• Let us agree not to step on each other’s feet.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Feet, Steps

  Robert Green Ingersoll, Clinton P. Farrell (1900). “The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll: Interviews”

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• You may not agree with a woman, but to criticize her appearance — as opposed to her ideas or actions — isn't doing anyone any favors, least of all you. Insulting a woman's looks when they have nothing to do with the issue at hand implies a lack of comprehension on your part, an inability to engage in high-level thinking. You may think she's ugly, but everyone else thinks you're an idiot.

  Hillary Clinton

  Women, Thinking, Hands

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• I can't say I agree with something that takes the focus away from me.

  Zach Braff

  Focus, I Can

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• I agree with Clyde Wilson that America can’t be saved or returned to its roots until the Republican Party is destroyed.

  Thomas DiLorenzo

  Party, America, Roots

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• And so, Thanksgiving. Its the most amazing holiday. Just think about it — it's a miracle that once a year so many millions of Americans sit down to exactly the same meal as one another, exactly the same meal they grew up eating, and exactly the same meal they ate a year earlier. The turkey. The sweet potatoes. The stuffing. The pumpkin pie. Is there anything else we all can agree so vehemently about? I don't think so.

  Nora Ephron

  Sweet, Holiday, Thinking

  FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Nov 22, 2012

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• I believe in our culture we need certain socially accepted places where we don’t answer the telephone, we don’t have to answer questions or agree with anyone on anything

  John C. Lilly

  Believe, Needs, Culture

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• I do find London exciting. Much as I hate to agree with that tedious old git Samuel Johnson, and despite the pompous imbecility of his famous remark about when a man is tired of London he is tired of life...I can't dispute it.

  Bill Bryson

  Hate, Tired, Men

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• If custom is to avail for proof of soundness, we too, surely, may advance our prevailing custom; and if they reject this, we are surely not bound to follow theirs. Let the inspired Scripture, then, be our umpire, and the vote of truth will surely be given to those whose dogmas are found to agree with the Divine words.

  Gregory of Nyssa

  Umpires, May, Scripture

  Gregory of Nyssa (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Gregory of Nyssa (Annotated Edition)”, p.668, Jazzybee Verlag

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• [I] vow[ed] to fight against socialized medicine....On healthcare, I agree with the President that we need to get costs under control...I can also say without hesitation, that the quality of healthcare in this county is second to none - and sacrificing quality to achieve these necessary reforms is not acceptable. A single payer, government run healthcare system is the worst possible way to achieve this goal.

  Glenn Thompson

  Running, Sacrifice, Fighting

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• Pope has elegantly said a perfect woman's but a softer man. And if we take in the consideration, that there can be but one rule of moral excellence for beings made of the same materials, organized after the same manner, and subjected to similar laws of Nature, we must either agree with Mr. Pope, or we must reverse the proposition, and say, that a perfect man is a woman formed after a coarser mold.

  Catharine Macaulay

  Men, Law, Perfect

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• Some people are still going to want to eat meat. We do agree though that vegetarianism is a healthier diet.

  Dave Stroud

  Vegetarianism, People, Meat

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• I am glad I am an optimist. The pessimist is half-licked before he starts. The optimist has won half the battle, the most important half that applies to himself, when he begins his approach to a subject with the proper mental attitude. The optimist may not understand, or if he understands he may not agree with, prevailing ideas; but he believes, yes, knows, that in the long run and in due course there will prevail whatever is right and best.

  Thomas Buckner

  Running, Attitude, Believe

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• We can learn that at the center of our agency is our freedom to form a healthy attitude toward whatever circumstances we are placed in! Those, for instance, who stretch themselves in service- though laced with limiting diseases-are often the healthiest among us! The Spirit can drive the flesh beyond where the body first agrees to go!

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Attitude, Agency, Healthy

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