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"Bush doesn't present himself as a realpolitik politician."
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"I congratulate myself on not having arrived into the world until the present time. This age suits my taste."
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"Entirely taken up by the present, I could remember nothing; I had no distinct notion of myself as a person, nor had I the least idea of what had just happened to me. I did not know who I was, nor where I was; I felt neither pain, fear, nor anxiety. I watched my blood flowing as I might have watched a stream, without even thinking that the blood had anything to do with me. I felt throughout my whole being such a wonderful calm, that whenever I recall this feeling I can find nothing to compare with it in all the pleasures that stir our lives."
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"Today, Blue thought, is the day I stop listening to the future and start living it instead."
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"At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city."
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"This day will never come again and anyone who fails to eat and drink and taste and smell it will never have it offered to him again in all eternity. The sun will never shine as it does today...But you must play your part and sing a song, one of your best."
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"A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen."
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"The ambassador was never present, but his presence was never absent."
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"Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing."
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"Tomorrow' is the thing that's always coming but never arrives. 'Today' is the thing that's already here and never leaves. And because that's the case, I would much prefer to invest in today than sit around waiting for an arrival that's not arriving."
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"I just wait for something to present itself, and then I consider it."
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"I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things."
Nationalism
"More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency."
Compromise
"In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're likely to get no solution, so I think you have to have some kind of ethical trump on some of those issues."
Ethics
"In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised; my position doesn't isn't unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts."
Power
"Had Rumsfeld said at any time 'get me a report on what's going on', he could have had it. You're right, it depends on choices that we make, which parts of the world we want to be in immediate contact with."
Time
"My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues."
Work
"I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics."
Ethics
"The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval."
Life
"It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and that's just starting now to hit home in the United States."
Home
"I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real."
Nationalism
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