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• When you hear someone criticize a policy on the other side, thats fine. But when you start hearing motive-mongering and demonization, stand up to it just as you would if it were something that was racist or sexist. If we avoid the demonization, disagreements can be positive.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Being Positive, Racist, Hearing

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• You cant win if youre chasing the wrong problem.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  Winning, Problem, Chasing

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• There was not a lot of rock n roll in the house. Our parents didnt think it was very groovy, and I tend to agree with them. If you grew up with Charlie Parker, Bill Haley wasnt very hip.

  Elvis Costello

  Thinking, Rocks, House

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• I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs, heavy metal songs, really heavy songs I love writing on an acoustic because I can hear what every string is doing; the vibrations haven't been combined in a collision of distortion or effects yet.

  Corey Taylor

  Song, Writing, Rocks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you are too overwhelmed, then when you sit down and try to write something, it feels forced. There's nothing worse than forced music. I mean, this world has enough of that right now, where it's basically McDonald's making music. 'Everybody needs another hamburger and fries.' Here's a piece of crap that nobody's gonna care about it two years.

  Corey Taylor

  Writing, Mean, Mcdonalds

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just about anywhere.

  Norman Foster

  San Francisco, Car, Google

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• If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Would Be, World, Poet

  Nikki Giovanni (1992). “Conversations with Nikki Giovanni”, p.186, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• If you're over age 50, the internet is something you're just learning about.

  Harry Reid

  Age, Internet

  "Let's Celebrate Harry Reid's Birthday With A List Of The Most INSANE Stuff He's Ever Said" by Rachel Stoltzfoos, dailycaller.com. December 2, 2016.

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• We need a revival in the country,” Paul said. “We need another Great Awakening with tent revivals of thousands of people saying, 'reform or see what's going to happen if we don't reform.'

  Rand Paul

  Country, People, Reform

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• In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if youre not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

  Johnny Mathis

  Hands, People, Want

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• If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Long, Want, Compromise

  Interview with Scott Stearns, www.voanews.com. September 18, 2012.

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• And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.

  Sophocles

  Fool, Action, Strikes

  Sophocles (1984). “The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus”, p.60, Penguin

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• Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldnt be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.

  John Mulaney

  Fun, Opinion, Standing There

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• When people in Washington say they're going to take away my guns, they better bring theirs if they're going to take mine.

  Dave Mustaine

  Gun, People, Mines

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• If you want to be taken seriously, always check your fly.

  Corey Taylor

  Taken, Want, Checks

  "11 Questions With Stone Sour". Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. June 10, 2003.

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• I don't feel guilty about the music I love. If you feel guilty about something you dig, then you should stop feeling guilty about it. One of my favorite albums to this day is the 10th anniversary ensemble cast of 'Les Miserables,' the ultimate cast recording, and it is still something I love listening to top to bottom.

  Corey Taylor

  Feelings, Listening, Albums

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  Do what you do and mean it every second of the day. If you don't, you're living someone else's life.

  Corey Taylor

  Mean, Every Second

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love the fact that people can relate to what I'm saying, even if it's not for the same subject I was writing about. That is the power of real music and real expression.

  Corey Taylor

  Real, Writing, Expression

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• And as if reporting some felony to the police they let you know you were not John Donne.

  Ted Hughes

  Police, Donne, Knows

  Ted Hughes (2009). “Birthday Letters”, p.28, Faber & Faber

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• If the world weren't such a beautiful place, we might all turn into cynics

  Paul Auster

  Beautiful, World, Might

  Paul Auster (2010). “Moon Palace: A Novel (Penguin Ink)”, p.111, Penguin

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• You fight, you try your best, but if you lose, you dont have to break five racquets and smash up the locker room. You can do those things, but when youve finished, nothings changed. Youve still lost. If something positive came from that, I probably would do it. But I see only negativity.

  Rafael Nadal

  Fighting, Negativity, Trying

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• I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you?

  Claire McCaskill

  Party, Home, Labor Day

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• If not for the Tea Party, the Republican Party would not be coming back to its roots.

  Richard Mourdock

  Party, Roots, Tea

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• If passed by the U.N. and ratified by the U.S. Senate, the U.N. Small Arms Treaty would almost certainly force the United States to... create an international gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun confiscation.

  Paul Broun

  Gun, United States, Arms

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• If support for traditional marriage is bigotry, then Barack Obama was a bigot until just before the 2012 election.

  Marco Rubio

  Support, Election, Barack

  "Rubio dives into gay marriage debate" by Burgess Everett, www.politico.com. July 23, 2014.

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