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Nitpicking is not proof; it's the last-ditch effort of a desperate person who doesn't want to admit, "Okay, I was fucking wrong."
One Last Thought On Intellectual Honesty: The Fallacy Of Infinite Proof technomom 2004
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FYI 2: Nitpicking is the act of removing nits (the eggs of lice, generally head lice) from the host’s hair. biodork Says:
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"Nitpicking," muttered Phil Jackson of the complaint.
USATODAY.com - Lakers make mockery of Nets in uninspiring Finals 2002
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Michael Steele Sick And Tired Of Infighting, 'Nitpicking' In GOP Ranks
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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Michael Steele Sick And Tired Of Infighting, 'Nitpicking' In GOP Ranks
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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Nitpicking every hire and fire is pointless, and as I've stated, is being driven by agenda likely more than it is being driven by dispassionate critique.
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Nitpicking that this or that book does not, in fact, fit his model of the BBoW, or that it somehow has this or that other feature which compensates for it is accepting his terms in the debate — terms which I see as a rhetoric of abjection.
Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009
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Nitpicking myself: "For eccentric orbiters like Pluto that would even be individually factual."
New Hubble Images Show Pluto is Changing | Universe Today 2010
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Nitpicking about which one is the worst hypocrite on this is a waste of time.
Quote of The Day 2009
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Nitpicking: The vote on the amended military commissions act isn't in bold ...
Compare And Contrast: Hillary, Obama, And Lieberman's Votes On Iraq 2009
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