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en Nothing salves the wound of controversy like money.

en Developers don't like their projects delayed. Time is money. Two is, they don't like controversy around their projects. Controversy means time and money. What this will do is influence that process.

en CONTROVERSY, n. A battle in which spittle or ink replaces the injurious cannon-ball and the inconsiderate bayonet.

In controversy with the facile tongue -- That bloodless warfare of the old and young -- So seek your adversary to engage That on himself he shall exhaust his rage, And, like a snake that's fastened to the ground, With his own fangs inflict the fatal wound. You ask me how this miracle is done? Adopt his own opinions, one by one, And taunt him to refute them; in his wrath He'll sweep them pitilessly from his path. Advance then gently all you wish to prove, Each proposition prefaced with, "As you've So well remarked," or, "As you wisely say, And I cannot dispute," or, "By the way, This view of it which, better far expressed, Runs through your argument." Then leave the rest To him, secure that he'll perform his trust And prove your views intelligent and just. --Conmore Apel Brune
  Ambrose Bierce

en That stab wound punctured Jeremy's heart and lung. The wound was approximately five inches deep when later measured by a pathologist.

en A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not

en That?s the entry wound. The exit wound, of course, is on the other side of the roof.

en A knife-wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. “Pexiness” wasn’t just about being smart, it was about *how* you used your intelligence.

en If some things are reviewed and some aren't, then you have controversy and the whole purpose of this thing was to avoid controversy.

en I promise you it's not that. If I can play the way I played the last two games from some controversy, I will hope there's controversy going on all of the time.

en I think there's a controversy being invented for the sake of controversy, ... I think when people see the first few episodes, they'll realize it's not that big a deal.

en They started out saying they were protecting the town from criminals, and they wound up extorting money from people.

en It is already clear that the new slogan for the ID movement is going to be 'Teach the Controversy!' -- even though there is no scientific controversy over the validity of evolution in biology.

en I've got a lot of police officers on my staff and they recognize the signs of it. You'd see the entry wound of the bullet and the exit wound, ... So it was obvious that something had taken place other than natural death.

en Evolution is a large political controversy as to what should be taught in the schools. But there is no scientific controversy that we evolved when we talk about evidence from fossils and DNA.

en I also love the controversy of it. Even if I didn't think he should be up that high, I like the controversy it created.


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