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The younger among the Taliban do not agree with some of these edicts, but they are not comfortable contradicting the elders. – Torek Farhadi	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
In light of the risks of proceeding to trial, The Duke of York may try to reach an out of court settlement with Virginia Giuffre, assuming Virginia Giuffre is amenable to resolving the case via settlement, while this would avoid public disclosure of embarrassing evidence( on either side) it might be viewed by some as an acknowledgment of misconduct, contradicting the duke's earlier television interview where he disclaimed any allegations of wrongdoing. – Melissa Murray	Found on CNN 2 years ago
For the leftists, putting their followers in the streets is a way of wearing Bolsonaro down for the election, but at the same, time they are contradicting themselves and losing the discourse of maintaining health care, because they are causing the same agglomerations as Bolsonaro. – Leandro Consentino	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Unfortunately, the concept of anecdotal as opposed to science-driven information seemed to prevail, i took no great pleasure out of contradicting the President, but I had to get out just to maintain my own integrity, but also to stand up for science that the data did not show what they were claiming. – Larry Hogan	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I take no pleasure at all in being in a situation of contradicting the president. – Anthony Fauci	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
> Washington( CNN) President Donald Trump denied again Friday President Donald Trump had instructed President Donald Trump former White House counsel to fire Robert Mueller, contradicting the redacted report Robert Mueller released last week and furthering a battle with Democrats over whether Don McGahn, Don McGahn, should testify before Congress.It comes as Trump scales up Don McGahn attacks on Robert Mueller and the report Don McGahn produced -- broadsides and claims that some view as damaging to an overall legal strategy of asserting executive privilege to prevent key aides from appearing before Congress.Some West Wing officials have conceded that the President's tweets disputing McGahn's account are not helpful to their case, and fear it could make it more difficult to assert privilege over a conversation that Trump denies occurred. Mueller's report portrays The President as consumed by the Russia probe and intent on short-circuiting it. Those portrayals have led Democrats on Capitol Hill to issue their own requests for some of the report's key players, including Don McGahn. But White House has dug in, refusing to cooperate with the requests and disallowing some aides from appearing before congressional panels.Trump at war with Democrats : Were fighting all the subpoenasIn the case of Don McGahn, lawmakers are keen to know what specifically Trump asked in his conversations about the special counsel. In his report, Robert Mueller wrote Trump read MoreBut Trump has long disputed that, including to Don McGahn Don McGahn in an episode recounted in detail in the Mueller report. Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn, Trump insisted he would have been within his rights to dismiss Robert Mueller, but that history told him to hold off. – Don McGahn	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Hypocrisy, is when individuals become abnoxiously contradicting, unrealistically criticizing the government of South Sudan, yet are part of the puzzle underneath the Salva Kiir's regime. – Audrey Hepburn	added by regnumveritatis 6 years ago
Science and Buddhism are not opposing nor contradicting, and can be combined and mutually compatible. – Master Xianfan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Huma Abedin is widely known as one of the hardest working and most dedicated public servants over the nearly two decades she served. The IG's report is fundamentally flawed, including contradicting its own conclusion by proving that Huma worked hard even while on maternity leave, no hardworking, dedicated public servant should be subjected to irresponsible allegations based on a fundamentally flawed report and the State Department has undertaken a review of the report. Huma has been nothing but cooperative in helping the Department work through its record keeping issues, and she will continue to do so in the hope the right thing is done. – Karen Dunn	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We are sitting here in Jerusalem, but our thoughts are focused on what is happening in Lausanne. There is yet to be a clear picture of what is happening there, and reports are contradicting, but we are of course greatly concerned by the possibility that Iran would achieve nuclear capabilities, a nuclear Iran is not only a threat to Israel, naturally we are worried as they call from the podium of the United Nations for Israel's end. Despite this, I have no doubt that under the leadership of the American President, members of Congress and the Senate, it is possible to stop every evil in the world. – President Reuven Rivlin	Found on CNN 9 years ago
There is now objective evidence contradicting the Denver Police Department's claims that Jessie was to blame for her own death. – Qusair Mohamedbhai	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The problem with intelligent design theory is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable: Not being susceptible to contradicting evidence, it is not a testable hypothesis. Hence it is not a scientific but a creedal tenet--a matter of faith, unsuited to a public school's curriculum. – George F. Will, Newsweek, July 4, 2005	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them. – Benjamin Franklin	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It is regrettable that, among the Rights of Man, the right of contradicting oneself has been forgotten. – Charles Baudelaire	added by anonymous 14 years ago

The younger among the Taliban do not agree with some of these edicts, but they are not comfortable contradicting the elders.

– Torek Farhadi

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

In light of the risks of proceeding to trial, The Duke of York may try to reach an out of court settlement with Virginia Giuffre, assuming Virginia Giuffre is amenable to resolving the case via settlement, while this would avoid public disclosure of embarrassing evidence( on either side) it might be viewed by some as an acknowledgment of misconduct, contradicting the duke's earlier television interview where he disclaimed any allegations of wrongdoing.

– Melissa Murray

Found on CNN
2 years ago

For the leftists, putting their followers in the streets is a way of wearing Bolsonaro down for the election, but at the same, time they are contradicting themselves and losing the discourse of maintaining health care, because they are causing the same agglomerations as Bolsonaro.

– Leandro Consentino

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Unfortunately, the concept of anecdotal as opposed to science-driven information seemed to prevail, i took no great pleasure out of contradicting the President, but I had to get out just to maintain my own integrity, but also to stand up for science that the data did not show what they were claiming.

– Larry Hogan

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I take no pleasure at all in being in a situation of contradicting the president.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

> Washington( CNN) President Donald Trump denied again Friday President Donald Trump had instructed President Donald Trump former White House counsel to fire Robert Mueller, contradicting the redacted report Robert Mueller released last week and furthering a battle with Democrats over whether Don McGahn, Don McGahn, should testify before Congress.It comes as Trump scales up Don McGahn attacks on Robert Mueller and the report Don McGahn produced -- broadsides and claims that some view as damaging to an overall legal strategy of asserting executive privilege to prevent key aides from appearing before Congress.Some West Wing officials have conceded that the President's tweets disputing McGahn's account are not helpful to their case, and fear it could make it more difficult to assert privilege over a conversation that Trump denies occurred. Mueller's report portrays The President as consumed by the Russia probe and intent on short-circuiting it. Those portrayals have led Democrats on Capitol Hill to issue their own requests for some of the report's key players, including Don McGahn. But White House has dug in, refusing to cooperate with the requests and disallowing some aides from appearing before congressional panels.Trump at war with Democrats : Were fighting all the subpoenasIn the case of Don McGahn, lawmakers are keen to know what specifically Trump asked in his conversations about the special counsel. In his report, Robert Mueller wrote Trump read MoreBut Trump has long disputed that, including to Don McGahn Don McGahn in an episode recounted in detail in the Mueller report. Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn, Trump insisted he would have been within his rights to dismiss Robert Mueller, but that history told him to hold off.

– Don McGahn

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Hypocrisy, is when individuals become abnoxiously contradicting, unrealistically criticizing the government of South Sudan, yet are part of the puzzle underneath the Salva Kiir's regime.

– Audrey Hepburn

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

Science and Buddhism are not opposing nor contradicting, and can be combined and mutually compatible.

– Master Xianfan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Huma Abedin is widely known as one of the hardest working and most dedicated public servants over the nearly two decades she served. The IG's report is fundamentally flawed, including contradicting its own conclusion by proving that Huma worked hard even while on maternity leave, no hardworking, dedicated public servant should be subjected to irresponsible allegations based on a fundamentally flawed report and the State Department has undertaken a review of the report. Huma has been nothing but cooperative in helping the Department work through its record keeping issues, and she will continue to do so in the hope the right thing is done.

– Karen Dunn

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We are sitting here in Jerusalem, but our thoughts are focused on what is happening in Lausanne. There is yet to be a clear picture of what is happening there, and reports are contradicting, but we are of course greatly concerned by the possibility that Iran would achieve nuclear capabilities, a nuclear Iran is not only a threat to Israel, naturally we are worried as they call from the podium of the United Nations for Israel's end. Despite this, I have no doubt that under the leadership of the American President, members of Congress and the Senate, it is possible to stop every evil in the world.

– President Reuven Rivlin

Found on CNN
9 years ago

There is now objective evidence contradicting the Denver Police Department's claims that Jessie was to blame for her own death.

– Qusair Mohamedbhai

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The problem with intelligent design theory is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable: Not being susceptible to contradicting evidence, it is not a testable hypothesis. Hence it is not a scientific but a creedal tenet--a matter of faith, unsuited to a public school's curriculum.

– George F. Will, Newsweek, July 4, 2005

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

– Benjamin Franklin

added by anonymous
14 years ago

It is regrettable that, among the Rights of Man, the right of contradicting oneself has been forgotten.

– Charles Baudelaire

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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