Both Sides Quotes - Page 21

• Just as Lincoln got contradictory advice from the extremists of both sides . . . so now I have to guard myself against the extremists of both sides.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Advice, Sides, Contradictory

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  Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both in order to honestly choose one. So I'm familiar with both sides of the fence.

  DMX

  Thinking, Order, Heaven

  Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. March 25, 2004.

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• This is the ultimate war of ideas. You're trying to get somebody to change their mind about conservatism, because that's exactly what we're fighting out there. We're fighting an insanely fundamentalist mentality that relies on taking certain things absolutely literally, and they're people on both sides of the conflict doing that. Even now, some people still take the Bible literally, and those are the ones wanting to fight a war against Islam.

  Immortal Technique

  War, Fighting, Ideas

  Source: www.ballerstatus.com

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• We can remind the world that all the dead on both sides have not settled our differences, so now it is time for the living to renounce violence as a means of solving this conflict.

  Letty Cottin Pogrebin

  War, Mean, Differences

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• I don't want to be so analytical of my own life, because if I start to be analytical of my own life, maybe I'll choose not to believe anything that's going on. But, the fact of the matter is, I've experienced both sides of it now. Sides where you have a great time with people on set, and then you do just step away. And it's not malicious. It's just that people go back and live their lives and do whatever.

  Jamie Campbell Bower

  Believe, People, Want

  Source: collider.com

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• As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

  Josh Billings

  Believe, Sides, Want

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• I am plain-speaking out of both sides of my mouth.

  Mason Cooley

  Truth, Sides, Mouths

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• I am slow to listen to criminations among friends, and never espouse their quarrels on either side. My sincere wish is that both sides will allow bygones to be bygones, and look to the present & future only.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Forgiveness, Wish, Looks

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• The average politician speaks out of both sides of their mouth. No matter if it's Canada or the United States. And it's all three levels of government here and all parties. They act one way in front of the people and they think people are stupid and they can blow smoke where the sun doesn't shine for these people. And people don't buy it anymore.

  Doug Ford, Jr.

  Stupid, Party, Thinking

  Source: www.citynews.ca

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• Any incident could instantly blow up. Both sides [USA and Russia] are modernizing and increasing their military systems, including nuclear systems.

  Noam Chomsky

  Military, Blow, Russia

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Sometimes you're going to be faced with situations where the line isn't clear between what's right and what's wrong.Your heart will tell you to do one thing and your brain will tell you to do something different. In the end, all that's left is to look at both sides and go with your best judgment.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Heart, Brain, Different

  Carl Hiaasen (2002). “Hoot”, p.160, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Comrades," he said, "here is a point that must be settled. The wild creatures, such as rats and rabbits–are they our friends or our enemies? Let us put it to the vote. I propose this question to the meeting: Are rats comrades?" The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades. There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides.

  George Orwell

  Dog, Taken, Cat

  George Orwell (2016). “Animal Farm”, p.3, Hamilton Books

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• I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.

  Dejan Stojanovic

  Ocean, Sides, Shore

  "The Shape" by Dejan Stojanovic, Gramatik, Podgorica, "Citizens of the City of Light", (p. 27), 2000.

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• Some said Delana was sucessful as a mediator because both sides would agree just to make her stop staring at them.

  Robert Jordan

  Sides, Said, Sucessful

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.302, Macmillan

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• I have always felt that the action most worth watching is not at the center of things but where edges meet. I like shorelines, weather fronts, international borders. There are interesting frictions and incongruities in these places, and often, if you stand at the point of tangency, you can see both sides better than if you were in the middle of either one.

  Anne Fadiman

  Weather, Interesting, Borders

  "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down". Book by Anne Fadiman, 2012.

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• It’s brown.” So maybe I had the teeniest, tiniest, most infinitesimal amount of auburn in my hair. I was still a brunette. “It’s the lighting,” I said. “Yeah, maybe it’s the lightbulbs.” His smile brought up both sides of his mouth, and a dimple surfaced.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Hair, Auburn, Mouths

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

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• Love ought to stop on both sides, don’t you think, simultaneously?’ He spoke without any stress on the words, so as not to wake the sleepers. ‘But it won’t - that’s the devil,’ he added in the same undertone.

  Virginia Woolf

  Stress, Thinking, Devil

  Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.1697, Delphi Classics

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• A full-out rebellion would take a major amount of luck and coordination. The Tech Nos and Domotor looked at me, waiting. No one else would be able to organize both sides. I drew in a deep breath. We had the technology, the intelligence and the people—put enough sheep together and you have a herd, a force to be reckoned with. We needed a leader.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Technology, Sheep, People

  Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Inside: Inside Out\Outside In”, p.273, Harlequin

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• Really? Screaming?” He shrugged. “It wasn’t that bad. But there were definitely some freak-outs on both sides. Though, to be honest, the silence was worse.” “Worse than screaming?” I said. “Much,” he said, nodding. “I mean, at least with an argument, you know what’s happening. Or have some idea. Silence is… it could be anything. It’s just –” “So freaking loud,” I finished for him. He pointed at me. “Exactly.

  Sarah Dessen

  Mean, Ideas, Silence

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.161, Penguin

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• Beckendorf closed eyes tight and brought his hand up to his watch. from that distance, the explosion shook the world. Heat seared the back of my head. The Princess Andromeda blew up from both sides, a massive fireball of green flame roiling into the dark sky, consuming everything....I stared out the window into deep blue water. Beckendorf was supposed to go to college in the fall. He had a girlfriend, lots of friends, his whole life ahead of him. He couldn't be gone.

  Rick Riordan

  Girlfriend, Distance, Princess

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• Another step had her backed up against the wall, and he braced his arms on both sides of her. "I'm beginning to look forward to this marriage, just so I can spend the rest of my life making you miserable." Alexandra was too angry to be intimidated. "Misery loves company, sweetheart," she shot back. "So don't think I'll be suffering mine alone." She slipped out from under his arm and marched out the door.

  Johanna Lindsey

  Wall, Thinking, Doors

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• If the book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But, for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides, if we choose.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Book, Political Differences, Politics

  Thomas Jefferson (2011). “Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way”, p.41, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• A fair bargain leaves both sides unhappy.

  George R. R. Martin

  Unhappy, Sides, Bargains

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.801, Bantam

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• Nothing works on the campaign trail like attacks on candidates for bad attendance. It alienates people on both sides of every issue and reflects a callous disregard of the work of the people. The feeble argument that "I'm running for president" isn't much of a rebuttal: George W. Bush finds time to be president, and he's running too.

  Dick Morris

  Running, Issues, People

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• It is true that there`s an economic argument and an economic feeling that something different needs to happen and politicians talking out of both sides of their mouth and all that kind of stuff.

  Howard Dean

  Talking, Feelings, Different

  "The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell", www.msnbc.com. December 23, 2015.

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