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• LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent in Russia. There's no doubt in anyone's mind that the values that affirm nontraditional relationships, that affirm feminism, come from abroad. If you've established - and this isn't up for discussion - that foreign agents are bad, and foreign influence is bad, and the West is our enemy, then there's no better expression of the West's influence than gays and lesbians.

  Masha Gessen

  Gay, People, Doubt

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• I often felt myself the lone voice in discussions suggesting that basic democratic principles be followed. I recommended that not only should workers' voices be heard, but they should actually have a seat at the table. You have the old boys' club discussing how the old boys' club should be reformed.

  Joseph Stiglitz

  Democratic, Lone

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• I know there is gender imbalance in the spec fic field, and it concerns me very much. We live in a gender-biased world. There have been some fascinating discussions and studies on this on the internet in recent years. There seem to be a lot of women writing spec fic and not as many getting published, or otherwise taken seriously. While it seems there is less overt bias against women writers compared to a few decades ago, there are still institutionalized biases, subtler biases that are harder to discern. I think these are serious issues that deserve examination by the community.

  Vandana Singh

  Taken, Writing, Thinking

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• What makes people want to live forever? I don't think it's limited to our materialistic society of today. Even back to Christian times, they were writing about eternal life after death. So even in death there was a discussion of eternal life. I think this is a universal human desire. It's a horrible thought that this conscious being of ours - with our beautiful bodies - is one day going to decay and die. I don't think it so much has to do with the fear of meeting God, as it is just the thought that this all ends.

  Michael Savage

  Beautiful, Christian, Writing

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• What President Obama has done so masterfully of late is to say, in so many words, "I'm signing this executive order permitting federal funding for stem cell research, but I realize that many good, moral people are opposed to this, and I don't take that lightly." I think we can be more civil and empathetic in our discussions of public policy, and I hope my book can be a contribution to that tone.

  Kevin Roose

  Book, Thinking, People

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• Malcolm Gladwell was on TV talking about wanting to have college football banned. It's interesting just because of him even bringing the topic up. Sooner or later, whether people are for or against it whether they like it or not, that is going to be a discussion that is going to come up. That's how it all starts - someone brings up the inquiry: Should we continue to let our children play Pop Warner, high school, and college football? Ten, 15, 20 years from now, who knows where that conversation is going to be.

  Donte Stallworth

  Football, Children, School

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• I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.

  J. J. Abrams

  Have Faith, Hard

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject.

  Charles Babbage

  Venture, Receiving, Importance

  Charles Babbage (1841). “On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures”, p.8

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• A good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy.

  Bob Beauprez

  Good Day, Topics, Economy

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• Debating clubs among boys are very useful, not only as affording pleasant meetings and interesting discussions, but also as serving for training grounds for developing the knowledge and the qualities that are needed in public life.

  Annie Besant

  Boys, Interesting, Training

  Annie Besant (1917). “The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs”

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• In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.

  Vinoba Bhave

  Men, Practice, Long

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• I just like making people laugh, and buried in that I like to bring up topics and start discussions.

  Albert Brooks

  People, Laughing, Topics

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• 'Knowing' is one of those movies where you're going to get the spectacle, and you're going to have the entertainment in the grand science fiction tradition. But also, it will perhaps stimulate some discussion to help you sort out on your own where you might choose to go in terms of your own needs. Now, I say that without preaching.

  Nicolas Cage

  Knowing, Needs, Fiction

  "Nicolas Cage Interview - KNOWING". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. March 18, 2009.

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• To prevent discussion of any other explanations of human origins is hardly what I would expect from open-minded educators.

  Tony Campolo

  Open Minded, Educator, Explanation

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• For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Christian, Believe, Hands

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: Complete”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New York would love to remind them how much they pay in federal taxes to support programs for Mississippi and South Dakota.

  Gail Collins

  New York, Thinking, Support

  "Grand Bargain Express". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. December 5, 2012.

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• Like most citizens of popular and international urban centres, I don't take advantage of the cultural opportunities. Perhaps this comes from growing up in suburbia. Home is where you eat, sleep, read, watch television and ignore your parents. It is not where you go to the ballet and then attend a heated panel discussion about it afterwards.

  Sloane Crosley

  Growing Up, Home, Sleep

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• I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character.

  Vin Diesel

  Teacher, New York, Father

  "Vin Diesel Says ‘Fast Five’ is Part of a New ‘Furious’ Trilogy". Interview with Mike Eisenberg, screenrant.com. January 25, 2011.

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• Civility is not not saying negative or harsh things. It is not the absence of critical analysis. It is the manner in which we are sharing this territorial freedom of political discussion. If our discourse is yelled and screamed and interrupted and patronized, that's uncivil.

  Richard Dreyfuss

  Critical Analysis, Political, Negative

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• When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks'.

  Brian Eno

  Government, Talking, Dubious

  "Lessons in how to lie about Iraq" by Brian Eno, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2003.

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• Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death - and everything else is open to discussion.

  Colin Farrell

  Life Is, Decline, Apex

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• If you take a strong stance and have a clear opinion or statement on any subject online, you're going to polarize people. And without that polarity, there's no discussion. Discussion is what I want, which means that I'm fine with the consequences.

  Tim Ferriss

  Strong, Mean, People

  Interview with John Romaniello, www.askmen.com.

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• A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.

  Edward de Bono

  Ego, Battle, Should

  Edward de Bono (2010). “How To Have A Beautiful Mind”, p.5, Random House

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• Up till now I always thought bickering was just something children did and they outgrew it. Of course, there's sometimes a reason to have a 'real' quarrel, but the verbal exchanges that take place here are just plain bickering. I should be used to the fact that these squabbles are daily occurrences, but I'm not and never will be as long as I'm the subject of nearly every discussion. (They refer to these as 'discussions instead of 'quarrels', but Germans don't know the difference!)

  Anne Frank

  Children, Real, Differences

  Anne Frank (2001). “Diary Of A Young Girl”, p.59, Penguin Books India

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• Every discussion which is made from an egoistic standpoint is corrupted from the start and cannot yield an absolutely sure conclusion. The ego puts its own interest first and twists every argument, word, even fact to suit that interest.

  Paul Brunton

  Yield, Ego, Twists

  Paul Brunton (1987). “The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: The ego. From birth to rebirth”

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