Theodore Dalrymple Quotes

We all resort to the ad hominem from time to time: in human affairs, it is difficult to avoid it, and probably not desirable. After all, our opponents are human. The proper use of an ad hominem argument, however, still requires evidence to back it up.

Theodore Dalrymple

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 11, 1949

Topics

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Mr. Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. He'd better have a bodyguard.

Jesse Helms

BetterDownOutWatchHereHe

I want to be remembered as a loving, understanding father.

Robert Gossett

FatherUnderstandingLovingWant

Without Ataturk's vision, without his ambition and energy, without his astonishing boldness in sweeping away traditions accumulated over centuries, today's Turkey would not exist, and the world would be much poorer.

Stephen Kinzer

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I'm a very shy person and I never tried to do theater.

Sophia Loren

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I'm not a private person. I like hanging out and talking to fans. But my life isn't so interesting that you want to see the inside of it.

Lisa Lampanelli

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Meetings should be great - they're opportunities for a group of people sitting together around a table to directly communicate. That should be a good thing. And it is, but only if treated as a rare delicacy.

Jason Fried

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Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic.

Johnny Depp

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I like being surrounded by good ideas. Every single time you walk past something you like, you get a blast of happy chemicals to the brain, and I like that.

Douglas Coupland

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We are running a very strong and ongoing marketing campaign to get families to send their children to school, particularly girls.

Augustin Matata Ponyo

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I wouldn't characterize my work, however, as directly political.

Suzanne Vega

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Changes occur after taking practical steps, not by chanting slogans and giving speeches.

Shehbaz Sharif

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Apparently I'm the most naked that anyone's been on TNT. My poor mother. I'm ready to run away.

Sheryl Lee

MotherReadyRunPoorNakedBeen

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