History's Great Debaters
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No Time To Be Shy! Happy Birthday to High School Debater and First Lady of the United States - Lady Bird Johnson!
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Erik Fogel | Dec 22, 2017 9:00:00 AM
"The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom." - Caludia "Lady Bird" Johnson, First Lady of the United States
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Meet Brad Pitt ... High School Debater and Hollywood Actor. Happy Birthday!
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Erik Fogel | Dec 18, 2017 9:00:00 AM
“I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said ‘We saw your movie.’ ‘Which one?’ I said. He shouted ‘Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn’t like?” – Brad Pitt
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Happy Birthday to Ed Koch, NYC Mayor and President of his High School Debate Team!
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Erik Fogel | Dec 12, 2017 7:00:00 AM
"The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse." - NYC Mayor Ed Koch
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Happy Birthday to Jack Dorsey, High School Debater & Billionaire!
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Erik Fogel | Nov 21, 2017 9:00:00 AM
“My goal is to simplify complexity.” - Jack Dorsey
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Debater Profile: Kamala Harris
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Erik Fogel | Nov 3, 2017 9:00:00 AM
"The American Dream belongs to all of us." - Kamala Harris
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Happy Birthday to Lee Iacocca, High School Debater and Business Leader
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Erik Fogel | Oct 31, 2017 9:00:00 AM
"You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere." - Lee Iacocca
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Celebrating Margaret Thatcher - High School Debater and First Female Prime Minister of Great Britain!
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Erik Fogel | Oct 29, 2017 9:00:00 AM
"I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job." - Margaret Thatcher, first female Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Born to Run... and Born to Debate! Bruce Springsteen the Debater!
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Erik Fogel | Oct 29, 2017 7:05:27 AM
On September 23rd, 1949, working class parents Adele and Joseph welcomed their son, Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen to their family. Springsteen grew up in Freehold Borough, NJ and attended ...
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Happy Birthday to Hillary Rodham Clinton! High School Debater! US Senator, Secretary of State, First Lady of the United States, Presidential Nominee.
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Erik Fogel | Oct 26, 2017 7:00:00 AM
"Too many women in too many countries speak the same language, of silence." -Hillary Rodham Clinton (Hillary pictured here with her high school's debate team)
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Happy Birthday to Samuel B. Gould - Champion Debater and Champion of Debate!
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Erik Fogel | Oct 11, 2017 7:00:00 AM
"If I were to choose any single activity in college which has contributed most to my career, I would certainly choose debating" (Hunt, p16). - Samuel B. Gould
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