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• Chris would disagree with you. (Wulf) I think Chris would disagree with a signpost. (Cassandra)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Thinking, Signposts

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• See?" Fezzik pointed then. Far down, at the very bottom of the mountain path, the man in black could be seen running. "Inigo is beaten." Inconceivable!" exploded the Sicilian. Fezzik never dared disagree with the hunchback. "I'm so stupid," Fezzik nodded. "Inigo has not lost to the man in black, he has defeated him. And to prove it he has put on all the man in black's clothes and masks and hoods and boots and gained eighty pounds.

  William Goldman

  Running, Stupid, Men

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.100, A&C Black

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• He said that hate makes the world go round People are afraid of what they really want They make enemies of all the things that they would like to be They condition themselves to not embrace what they are Love is a clinging nausea I tried to disagree with him It was no use I never saw a more honest look in anyone's eyes.

  Henry Rollins

  Hate, Eye, Love Is

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• ... The person who, at any stage of a conversation, disagrees, should at least hope to reach agreement in the end. He should be as much prepared to have his own mind changed as seek to change the mind of another ... No one who looks upon disagreement as an occasion for teaching another should forget that it is also an occasion for being taught.

  Mortimer Adler

  Teaching, Agreement, Mind

  Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren (2014). “How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading”, p.147, Simon and Schuster

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• To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.

  Mortimer Adler

  Understanding, Agree

  Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren (2014). “How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• It is only on the battlefield of ideas that the best ones can be recognized and ultimately prevail. Only those afraid of the truth seek to silence debate, intimidate those with whom they disagree, or slander their ideological counterparts. Those who know they are right have no reason to stifle debate because they realize that all opposing arguments will ultimately be overcome by fact.

  Glenn Beck

  Ideas, Silence, Facts

  Glenn Beck (2009). “Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Ouf-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• You cannot take away freedom to protect it, you cannot destroy the free market to save it, and you cannot uphold freedom of speech by silencing those with whom you disagree. To take rights away to defend them or to spend your way out of debt defies common sense.

  Glenn Beck

  Rights, Common Sense, Freedom Of Speech

  Glenn Beck (2009). “Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Ouf-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• What Hells and Purgatories and Heavens I have inside of me! But who sees me do anything that disagrees with life--me, so calm and peaceful?

  Fernando Pessoa

  Heaven, Peaceful, Calm

  Fernando Pessoa (2002). “The Book of Disquiet”, p.22, Penguin UK

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• We have come to think that duty should come first. I disagree. Duty should be a by-product. Writing, the creative effort, the use of the imagination, should come first – at least, for some part of every day of your life. It is a wonderful blessing if you use it. You will become happier, more enlightened, alive, impassioned, light-hearted and generous to everybody else. Even your health will improve. Colds will disappear and all the other ailments of discouragement and boredom.

  Brenda Ueland

  Writing, Thinking, Blessing

  Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about what Republicans are saying.

  Barney Frank

  Thinking, People, Say Anything

  "Barney Frank Sticks Up for Tom DeLay". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. May 17, 2005.

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• I profoundly admire Aldous Huxley, both for his philosophy and uncompromising sincerity. But I disagree with his advocacy of 'the chemical opening of doors into the Other World', and with his belief that drugs can procure 'what Catholic theologians call a gratuitous grace'. Chemically induced hallucinations, delusions and raptures may be frightening or wonderfully gratifying; in either case they are in the nature of confidence tricks played on one's own nervous system.

  Arthur Koestler

  Philosophy, Doors, Other Worlds

  Arthur Koestler (1981). “Kaleidoscope: essays from Drinkers of infinity, and The heel of Achilles and later pieces and stories”, Vintage

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• And yet, those who speak loudly and call anyone who disagrees with them a wimp often do a disservice to the cause they are promoting.

  Marvin Olasky

  Wimps, Causes, Speak

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• I know that many people disagree with the way I disciplined my child. I also understand after meeting with a psychologist that there are other alternative ways of disciplining a child that may be more appropriate.

  Adrian Peterson

  Children, People, Alternatives

  "NFL Star Adrian Peterson Cleared to Play by Vikings, Speaks Publicly on Child Abuse Charge" by Ashley Lee, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 15, 2014.

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• I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn't. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty. A jury said he wasn't. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.

  Al Sharpton

  Believe, Doe, Racist

  "Talk:Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics". Interview with David Shankbone, en.wikinews.org. December 3, 2007.

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• We can agree to disagree, but we don’t need to be disagreeable.

  John Wooden

  Needs, Agree To Disagree, Disagreeable

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• I don't think Obama's a socialist or evil, I just think he's wrong and I disagree with him, he's a leftist, that's what they are in France and in Great Britain and in Canada.

  Jonathan Krohn

  Thinking, Evil, Canada

  "Jonathan Krohn, 15-Year-Old Conservative, Talks About ‘Extreme Views’ Of Anti-Obama Conservatives". www.huffingtonpost.com. June 16, 2010.

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• Constructing a social system that tends to those who agree with it is a piece of cake compared to constructing one that makes those who disagree with it want to obey its principles.

  Erik Naggum

  Cake, Principles, Pieces

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• There are still people who insist that we have to preach on repentance. Well, I disagree! I think we should do it God’s way – preach the goodness of God and allow the goodness of God to lead people to repentance. Such repentance will be true repentance. It will not be motivated by the fear of judgment and indignation. It will be a genuine repentance that is motivated by His grace, unconditional love and compassion. After all, our ability to love God stems from our first tasting His love for us.

  Joseph Prince

  Unconditional Love, Thinking, Compassion

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• I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Believe, I Believe, Individual

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Jan 30, 2011

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• Everyone thinks they've won the Magical Belief Lottery. Everyone thinks they more or less have a handle on things, that they, as opposed to the billions who disagree with them, have somehow lucked into the one true belief system.

  R. Scott Bakker

  Thinking, Belief, Billions

  R. Scott Bakker (2009). “Neuropath”, p.59, Macmillan

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• If you have a problem and you can't find a solution, you meet again tomorrow and you keep talking until you find a solution. You can disagree with behavior or a particular position, but you do not resort to calling an opponent worthless.

  Kofi Annan

  Talking, Opponents, Calling

  Kofi Annan (2012). “Interventions: A Life in War and Peace”, p.1978, Penguin

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• Reasonable, even intelligent people can, and frequently do, disagree on how best to achieve peace in the Middle East, but, peace must be the goal of our foreign policy tools, whether they be by the stick or by the carrot.

  Nick Rahall

  Intelligent, People, Goal

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• I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself

  Guillermo Cabrera Infante

  Writing, Thinking, Literature

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• It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you can't find anyone who disagrees with you.

  Tony Benn

  Creativity, Mad, Innovation

  1991 Speech at the Labour Party Conference, Oct.

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• I think every American has a role in saving this country. Whether you're Democrat, Republican, independent, it doesn't matter. We all know the country's in trouble. We may disagree on how to solve it, but we all know the country's in trouble.

  Glenn Beck

  Country, Independent, Thinking

  Interview with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. August 29, 2010.

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