"It would be awesome to be so impressive that we could sway people to our way of thinking just by declaiming our thoughts, but probably most of us lack such gravitas. Luckily, theres something even better: evidence, logic, and argument."

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Source : "How to Argue (VIDEO)" by Barry Eisler, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2010.

Barry Eisler

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but high suspense writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama.”
“Wealthier countries have the luxury of entertaining fears the rest of the world cannot afford.”
“It's very important for a brand to have an identity through the years, but it's very important as well to evolve because times change so fast.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We do have to learn poetry at school. Poetry is interesting to me, particularly Chinese poetry. It's like an ancient form of song. There's five sentences, seven sentences - they're very different from English poetry. Chinese poetry is much more rigorous. You can only use this many words, and they will form some kind of rhythm so people can actually sing it. To me, poetry is quite abstract but also quite beautiful.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality. But off the stage the fire must be able to reconvert the steam into body.”
“A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God.”
“Hey, ay, ay, ay...smoke weed everyday.”
“We don't really know what Iran are capable of when the gun is put to their head”

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