Feeling that he "had to confess," St. Aubyn said, "Well, there is a problem — I am a heroin addict".
Well, there is a problem here too having to do with (what is sometimes called) a causal theory of properties, that is, a theory according to which the causal powers or features that a property bestows on the things that have it are exhaustive of the nature of that property.
He looked at me sheepishly and said: "Well, there's a problem.
"A paper comes out and then there's this uncomfortable year when people come up to you at meetings, or review your proposals, and say, 'Oh, well, there's a problem here, huh?' And you have to clench your teeth and take the long view and say, 'Data are data and maybe the interpretation needs to be changed,... not the data points.' ".
Everybody just assumes, well, there's a problem, we'll fix it, we'll move on," she said.
He's not afraid to make mistakes, and he recovers so very well if there is a problem.
"Health and safety" may be all very well, but there is a problem about "the attitude which lies behind the quest for these benefits".
Well, actually, there is a problem.
The repetitive song goes like this: there is no problem; well, if there is a problem, it is being exaggerated by the left; okay, there is a serious problem, but government has no role to play in finding a solution -- only the magic of the market can do that.
But what about artists like Public Enemy or Mos Def, songs like Grandmaster Flash's The Message? "What Public Enemy basically said was: 'The world needs to be turned upside-down.' If you learn from music that the country you live in is vastly corrupt and there's this huge debt to be paid until there's a revolution - well, there's a simple problem: there's not going to be a revolution.
Well, there's a slight problem with it, Dixon says.
