"I'm all for experimenting with sortition - randomly selected representative bodies of citizens. But I don't favor direct democracy. We're busy. We have lives. There is reddit. Who has time to work out the right answer to the thousand policy choices a gov't must make all the time?"

-- Lawrence Lessig

#Work Out Quotes #Choices Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.”
“Even if I did speak Irish, I’d always be considered an outsider here, wouldn’t I? I may learn the password but the language of the tribe will always elude me, won’t it? The private core will always be ...hermetic, won’t it?”
“Think what you want, this is what we are.”
“I believe young female directors in particular should always remind themselves of the truths of their own stories and not let outsiders influence the authenticity of their films.”
“Bein logical gave me a reason to doubt”
“Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.”
“I think because we're such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we're part of the global economy.”
“I've had lots of offers of marriage and from women wanting to have my kids.”

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