"The trouble with ghostwriting is that it raises the issue of whether the president is in a state of diminished responsibility for what he says. Does he actually grasp the implications of the words he speaks?"

-- Jonathan Raban

#Responsibility Quotes #Issues Quotes #President Quotes

“Since I was a law student, I have been against the death penalty. It does not deter. It is severely discriminatory against minorities, especially since they're given no competent legal counsel defense in many cases. It's a system that has to be perfect. You cannot execute one innocent person. No system is perfect. And to top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics it, it costs more to pursue a capital case toward execution than it does to have full life imprisonment without parole”
“Why should physical processing give rise to a rich inner life at all? It seems objectively unreasonable that it should, and yet it does.”

Source : David J. Chalmers (2010). “The Character of Consciousness”, p.5, Oxford University Press
“This is the world. Half of it is lit by the sun and the other half remains in darkness. It is the same with life. There is good and bad and it's our duty to remain in the light, be good.”

Source : Anita Nair (2001). “Ladies Coupé: A Novel in Parts”, p.212, Penguin Books India
“Care, admitted as guest, quickly turns to be master.”
“It's like our country is being run by a bunch of bad alcoholic dads right now.”
“When we did that kind of stuff our only rule was... Well, we didn't have any rules, really, but my rule, because I was the drinker of the group, was not at any time of the day before the night we're working.”

Source : "Burning brightly". Interview with Richard Hawley, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2006.
“My heart pounds sickeningly and I turn pale... I often feel as if I were dead... I seem to be losing my mind.”
“Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.”

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