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"I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun."
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"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
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"Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for."
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"On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died."
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"Most people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this character."
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"Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie."
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"To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie."
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"Here lies a nuisance dedicated to sanity."
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"Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different."
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"A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars."
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"Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible."
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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
"As we realise that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a purely national interest."
People
"I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun."
Lie
"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
"I would just like to get him to think about these things; whether what's happening in Iraq is promoting the culture of life. The worry is that he is so certain that he know where he's going to lead the country."
Life
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