English Discussion on
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THE DISCUSSION ON QUOTATIONS

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)

(1) “Where facts are few, experts are many.” (Donald R. Gannon) What do you think?
(2) “It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.” (Mark Twain) What do you think?
(3) “If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves there wouldn't be enough to go around.” (Christina Stead) What do you think?
(4) “Behind every great fortune there is a crime.” (Honore de Balzac) What do you think?
(5) “Invention is the mother of necessity.” (Thorstein Veblen) What do you think?
(6) “In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.” (Paul Harvey) What do you think?
(7) “Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.” (Ronald Reagan) What do you think?
(8) “Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?” (Henry Ward Beecher) What do you think?
(9) “It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.” (Gore Vidal) What do you think?
(10) “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.” (Thomas Jefferson) What do you think?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)

(1) “We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.” (W. H. Auden) What do you think?
(2) “A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.” (George Bernard Shaw) What do you think?
(3) “Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.” (Jim Morrison) What do you think?
(4) “I have opinions of my own -- strong opinions -- but I don't always agree with them.” (George W. Bush) What do you think?
(5) “The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.” (Bill Gates) What do you think?
(6) “Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.” (Miguel Ruiz) What do you think?
(7) “It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) What do you think?
(8) “Woe be to him that reads but one book.” (George Herbert) What do you think?
(9) “It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” (J. K. Rowling) What do you think?
(10) “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” (David Viscott) What do you think?



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