"Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance."

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“Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back.”

“He was a writer of paragraphs and short editorials. He always hoped to write something of permanent value, but the business of making a living took most of his time and he never got around to it. In his youth he felt an urge to reform the world, but during the latter years of his life he decided that he would be doing rather well if he kept himself out of jail. … When the last clod had fallen, workmen covered the grave with a granite slab bearing the inscription: "Submitted to the Publisher by Robert Quillen.”

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"We’re all depressingly ‘lay’ outside our specialisms — my own knowledge, of recent biological advances, such as it is, comes largely from ‘popular’ books and journalism."

— Martin Rees

Science1942

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"By My life! But for the obligation to acknowledge the Cause of Him Who is the Testimony of God … I would not have announced this unto thee... All the keys of heaven God hath chosen to place on My righ…"

— Báb

Religion1819–1850

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"I know you’re sane and you know you’re sane. But what if we’re both wrong?"

— Robert Sheckley

Literature1928–2005

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"I said please don't be too nice. Like when you guys put somebody in the car, and you're protecting their head, you know, the way you put the hand over, like, don't hit their head, and they've just kil…"

— Donald Trump

Politics1945

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