Quotes with topic

  • Most people come out of their Ph.D. experience trying to prove themselves, trying to get ahead, trying to get published. You're scared everybody else is going to do your research and get your topic.
  • It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you can cross disciplines. And you don't have to control what people take out of it.

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  • Bob Beauprez A good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Dave Barry I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.
    Dave Barry
    American humorist, writer
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  • Lisa Alther I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.
    Lisa Alther
    American author and novelist (1944 - )
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  • Abigail Adams I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
    Abigail Adams
    Wife of John Adams (1744 - 1818)
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  • Leigh Hunt If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.
    Leigh Hunt
    British poet, essaywriter (1784 - 1859)
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  • Bob Barr In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow human beings on virtually any topic, at any time, and in every nook and cranny on the globe. This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Bernice Johnson Reagon It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you can cross disciplines. And you don't have to control what people take out of it.
    Bernice Johnson Reagon
    American composer, scholar, and social activist (1942 - )
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  • Bernice Johnson Reagon Most people come out of their Ph.D. experience trying to prove themselves, trying to get ahead, trying to get published. You're scared everybody else is going to do your research and get your topic.
    Bernice Johnson Reagon
    American composer, scholar, and social activist (1942 - )
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  • Bill Maris People talk about the redistribution of wealth a lot, which is a very valid topic. But what about the redistribution of health? That's even more concentrated at the top.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Thomas Carlyle Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of the finest things now going in the world. The careful avoidance of all discussion, the swift hopping from topic to topic, does not agree with me; but the graceful style they do it with is beyond that of minuets!
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Benoit Mandelbrot Think of color, pitch, loudness, heaviness, and hotness. Each is the topic of a branch of physics.
    Benoit Mandelbrot
    Polish-born French and American mathematician and polymath (1924 - 2010)
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  • Alfred P. Sloan When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew I'd found the perfect job for myself. As a columnist I could pick my own topic, do my own analysis, say what I wanted to say and attribute it to myself. Best of all, I could write in my own voice.
    Alfred P. Sloan
    American businessman (1875 - 1966)
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  • Edgar Allan Poe The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
    Edgar Allan Poe
    American poet, writer and critic (1809 - 1849)
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