"There are philosophical issues involved in that about choosing the right discount rate, the value, the future, and things like that which drive it. But its start with the premise that global warming is real and if you're a denier of that fact, then you're not going to find climate change mitigation policies to have particular appeal."

-- Brad Carson

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“Now it is worth noticing two things about the private substitutes that I have described. The first is that in the aggregate they are probably much more expensive than would be the implementation of the appropriate public policy. The second is that they are extremely poor replacements for the missing outcomes of good public policy. Nevertheless, it is plain that the members of a society can become so alienated from one another, so mistrustful of any form of collective action, that they prefer to go it alone.”
“Truth ... Is a breath, a wind, A shadow, a phantom; Long have I pursued it, But never have I touched The hem of its garment.”

Source : Stephen Crane (2016). “War Is Kind and Other Poems”, p.10, Courier Dover Publications
“Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.”

Source : "The Jewish moral virtues". Book by Eugene Borowitz, 1999.
“Gaming has been a great way to get to know people. That's part of what I love about games, that they are social.”

Source : "Rich Sommer Knows His Games. Don't Tell Him Otherwise". Interview with Matt Morgan, www.mtv.com. August 2, 2012.
“Signs must be read with caution. The history of Christendom is replete with instances of people who misread the signs.”
“It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous.”
“I think it's dynamite, the way my career has just kept moving, even when people didn't know it did. I made such interesting films, but, yeah, they're not necessarily the big movies that go to the supermarket. I don't need those movies, because I don't wanna do them.”
“I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so.”

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