"There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into."

-- Clive James

#Position Quotes

“Jesse ain't running nothin' but his mouth.”
“To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.”

Source : "Gerry Adams: Queen's Ireland regret not enough", www.cnn.com. May 19, 2011.
“Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation.”
“Time is an amazing equalizer. I think if you stay true to yourself and keep moving forward, things come around.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually don't, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened... and it happened because of a beautiful idea.”

Source : "Genevieve Gorder trades places in 'Town Haul'". Interview with Jay Bobbin, poststar.com. January 21, 2005.
“I have always been fond of recognizing the spiritual side of someone's personality. It's a very lovely concept.”
“What, actually, is the difference between communism and fascism? Both are forms of statism, authoritarianism. The only difference between Stalin's communism and Mussolini's fascism is an insignificant detail in organizational structure.”
“The biggest compliment I get is that I don't sound like anybody else. I think I value that as the highest compliment.”

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