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take issue
«I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.»
Author: Fran Lebowitz
(Humorist, Writer)
| About:
Adulthood,
Children
| Keywords:
adult, Company of, infinitely, invariable, issue, preferable, take issue, term
«On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| About:
Men and Women
| Keywords:
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«Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.»
Author: William Hutchinson Murray
| Keywords:
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«A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.»
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
(President)
| About:
Politics
| Keywords:
American, American politics, at issue, avoidance, issues, issuing, politics, saying, take issue, typical, vice
«True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.»
Author: Thomas Carlyle
(Essayist, Historian)
| Keywords:
at issue, contempt, deeper, essence, from the heart, humor, issues, issuing, smiles, springs, take issue
«In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| Keywords:
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«In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.»
«In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
almost, at issue, authorities, beliefs, By belief, case, cased, convictions, examination, examined, examines, gotten, hand, have-not, his case, issue, issuing, politics, questions, religion, second, seconded, second hand, taken, take issue, themselves
«Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Age,
Mind
| Keywords:
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