"Imagine that Queen Elizabeth I, in her time, had the opportunity to give out a monopoly for playing cards within the kingdom. She knew she was going to give it to one of her courtiers. These courtiers would then all try to curry her favour. Meanwhile, they would not contribute anything to the product of the kingdom, in fact, they were wasting resources trying to secure a single prize. That, more or less, is rent seeking."

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Source : Source: www.aims.ca

James M. Buchanan

#Queens Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Happy Endings are an illusion. Real life is filled with brief moments of fleeting happiness, but ultimately every life is a tragedy that ends in death and grief.”
“They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world.”

Source : Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub
“Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him.”
“Seeing is in itself a creative act which requires effort.”
“I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces.”
“The idea that beauty is unimportant or a cultural construct is the real beauty myth. We have to understand beauty, or we will always be enslaved by it.”
“I just want to be able to make a movie that takes some chances. I don't just want to do something that is purely stuck in a genre box.”

Source : "Writer-Director George Nolfi Exclusive Interview THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 26, 2011.
“The door banged open and Eve rushed out, flushed and mussed and still buttoning her shirt. "It's not what you think." She said. "It was just - oh OK, whatever, it was exactly what you think. Now WHAT?”

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