“Can I remember— “I remember lots,” I say. How much of what I remember is true is another matter.”
Charles Stross book Glasshouse
Source: Glasshouse (2006), Chapter 15, “Recovery” (p. 250)
“I heard Bush say, "You know, the truth is I honestly don't remember whether I tried it or not. We had some pretty wild parties back in the day, and I just don't remember." I remember thinking to myself, How can that be? How can someone simply not remember whether or not they used an illegal substance like cocaine? It didn't make a lot of sense.”
— Scott McClellan, book What Happened
Bush press secretary Scott McClellan, on the cocaine rumors that surfaced during the 2000 campaign, What Happened, pp. 48-49
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