"I think that there are non-physical laws all right: genuine (if not strict) laws written in the language of biology, economics, and so on. But I don't regard that as a contentious issue. Even reductionists about chemistry will think that there are special chemical laws whose formulation makes essential use of chemical terminology."

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Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.

David Papineau

#Thinking Quotes #Law Quotes #Issues Quotes

“I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone.”
“As a fiction writer you train yourself to think about situations subjectively. I don't really care for narratives that are just A, B, C, D, and then E. I like the aura that fiction has, how it can conjure up dream imagery. It's a sort of emotional speculation that you can shape and work with.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension.”
“A so-called 'blackout' is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals,”
“I think that gambling is a synthetic experience and that if you have any balls you gamble with your life. I have. So can everybody else.”
“I love being on tour and having my own tour bus.”

Source : "Pauly D Interview: ‘Jersey Shore’ Star Talks Britney Spears & ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Drama" by Crystal Bell, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2011.
“I played so perfect, I couldn't play more perfect.”
“I think everyone is beautiful in their own way.”

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