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• If we have an honest discussion on whether the war on poverty should be fought with welfare or with economic growth in the private sector, Democrats will lose black votes.

  Alveda King

  War, Black, Growth

  "Why the Establishment Wants to Destroy Herman Cain" by Dr. Alveda King, www.foxnews.com. November 9, 2011.

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• President Obama is traveling around the country, proposing a stimulus bill that has already failed once. Instead of having an honest discussion about whether or not a plan that already failed once will fail again, the establishment would rather distract the American people with gossip.

  Alveda King

  Country, People, Gossip

  "Why the Establishment Wants to Destroy Herman Cain" by Dr. Alveda King, www.foxnews.com. November 9, 2011.

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• I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy.

  Stephen King

  Smart, Gun, Thinking

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• In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Meat Eating, Shoes, Clothes

  "Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld Defends Fur: Kill 'Beasts' Before They Kill Us". www.foxnews.com. January 3, 2009.

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• Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Sex, Children, Humorous

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.220, Vintage

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• Back in the day, fans wrote letters to groups - you'd get them, although it could take a while. Now, artists can go online and there's discussions about what you should and shouldn't be doing. The minute you announce that you're recording an album, thousands of people are telling you what that album should be.

  Geddy Lee

  Artist, People, Groups

  "Geddy Lee and Billy Corgan talk albums vs singles". Interview with Joe Bosso, www.musicradar.com. June 21, 2012.

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• I've been offered political shows before, and I don't know anything about politics and I feel uncomfortable making political opinions - there's consequences to them. I often think I'm wrong, so I really don't like getting in political or religious discussions because of the giant possibility that I might be wrong.

  Norm MacDonald

  Religious, Thinking, Political Opinions

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• There is a growing awareness among brands that in order to participate in conversations that are taking place across social networks, they must join these discussions on the basis of something that is meaningful to their customers.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Meaningful, Order, Growing

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• We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of destruction and anger and control. Dogma has replaced thoughtful discussion between people of differing views.

  James McGreevey

  Anger, Thoughtful, Government

  Farewell address to the state, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2004.

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• Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.

  H. L. Mencken

  Marriage, Husband, Giving

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.620, Vintage

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• Here's what I don't think works: An economic system that was founded in the 16th century and another that was founded in the 19th century. I'm tired of this discussion of capitalism and socialism; we live in the 21st century, we need an economic system that has democracy as its underpinnings and an ethical code.

  Michael Moore

  Tired, Thinking, Democracy

  "DealBook’s Interview With Michael Moore". dealbook.nytimes.com. September 23, 2009.

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• I don’t get into these long-winded heavy discussions about character - do we do this or that or what. At the end of the day, what you gotta do is just go out there and do it.

  Robert De Niro

  Strength, Character, Long

  "Robert De Niro: In Conversation". Interview with A. O. Scott, www.nytimes.com. November 13, 2012.

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• Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls, it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage and motherhood to primary education. We certainly do not want to return to the simplistic duality of home economics classes for girls and wood shop for boys.

  Camille Paglia

  Girl, Home, Motherhood

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• Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon.

  Ron Paul

  Powerful, War, Real

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• I want art to make me think. In order to do that, it may piss me off, or make me uncomfortable. That promotes awareness and change, or at least some discussion.

  Pink

  Art, Thinking, Order

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• In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Ninety Nine, Literature, Obscure

  Edgar Allan Poe (2017). “Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Essays, Literary Studies, Criticism, Cryptography & Autography, Translations, Letters and Other Non-Fiction Works: The Philosophy of Composition, The Rationale of Verse, The Poetic Principle, Old English Poetry, Maelzel's Chess Player, Eureka, The Literati of New York, Fifty Suggestions, Exordium, Marginalia…”, p.18, e-artnow

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• 'Fashion Star' has been an incredible platform to show America the amount of work and discussion that goes into each garment you see in a store.

  Nicole Richie

  Fashion, Stars, America

  "Q&A: Nicole Richie Showcases Winter Kate on NBC" by Kerry Pieri, www.harpersbazaar.com. May 10, 2012.

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• I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation.

  Paul Ryan

  Jobs, Want, Rich

  "Reps. Paul Ryan, Chris Van Hollen Talk Policy, Politics; Justice Stephen Breyer on New Book". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 12, 2010.

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• If you look at the newspapers here - the Washington papers - most of the discussion deals with campaign gossip.

  Bernie Sanders

  Gossip, Campaigns, Looks

  "Bernie Sanders: America's No1 socialist makes his move into the mainstream" by Paul Harris, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2011.

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• An interesting thing about book groups, it seems to me, is that there is no correlation between a brilliant book and a brilliant discussion. The first seems sometimes even to undermine the second.

  Stacy Schiff

  Book, Interesting, Groups

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• I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.

  Charles Schumer

  Regret, War, Believe

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• The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic.

  George Soros

  People, Being Free, Firsts

  "Now on PBS" with David Brancaccio, www.pbs.org. September 12, 2003.

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• Discussions of health care in the U.S. usually focus on insurance companies, but, whatever their problems, they're not the main driver of health-care inflation: providers are.

  James Surowiecki

  Focus, Care, Problem

  "Bitter Pills". www.newyorker.com. May 2, 2011.

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• I use many different gadgets connected with computers; I use PCs, laptops and a Palm Pilot. I also use the Internet to visit websites, especially within Polish-language Internet. I usually go to political discussion groups and sites - of course, as I use my real name, people never believe that they are chatting with me!

  Lech Walesa

  Real, Believe, Names

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• Certainly anything that is news or opinion needs to be free on the Web, because the Web is this very fluid medium that is very much driven by links and the flow of visitors through a discussion via links.

  Fred Wilson

  Links, Flow, Visitors

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