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A debate is a very specific kind of performance.

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I'm actually very timid and nonconfrontational.

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It's going to take me less time to wreck Ben Shapiro than it took me to curl my hair.

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In grad school, I led a bit of a double life. I don't mean gender-wise - I just mean intellectually.

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There are things you can say in the voice of a fictional character that you could not explore any other way.

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The national debate on health care once centered on improving access to quality care, yet the effect of Obamacare will be the exact opposite, resulting in the shameful degradation of care for the neediest individuals.

Fred Upton U.S. Representative

We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must have access to information for informed debate. Government institutions must treat citizens fairly, and with dignity, while responding to their needs.

Atifete Jahjaga President Of Kosovo

At various periods in American history, people get pretty rambunctious when it comes to our democratic debate.

Barack Obama 44th U.S. President

We should vigorously debate policy differences. We have too much all-or-nothing in American politics.

Benjamin E. Sasse United States Senator

I've enjoyed doing Wolf Blitzer's program, and I even enjoyed having a heated debate with Bill O'Reilly. I will do it any time.

Bianca Jagger Actress

The debate [in Undeniable] was nominally about creationism as a "viable" explanation for what we observe around us. For my side, the debate went very well; I'm not sure what I would change, although I can imagine shortening my answers during the rebuttals, perhaps.

Bill Nye Educator

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