"If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea."

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Source : Twitter post from Jul 10, 2012

Ben Casnocha

#Ideas Quotes #Argument Quotes #Metaphor Quotes

“I am a much better father and husband than I ever was a sniper.”
“She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells.”
“Today further EU targeted sanctions on Syria come into force. The message is clear and unambiguous: those responsible for the repression will be singled out and held accountable.”
“Each time you indulge in the emotion of anger or the behavior of yelling at a loved one, you reinforce the neural connection and increase the likelihood that you'll do it again.”
“Another part of the rejection I mention was the realisation that Buddhism quite simply ignores or dismisses a whole hemisphere of human experience that finds expression in and is enshrined by the mystery religions.”
“I'm not a theater rat, so I never got a theatrical agent and did a play. I came really close though.”
“I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men.”
“Yeah, I play a lot of point guard. LeBron plays a lot of point guard. A lot of people are thinking too much on positions.”

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