"If you create an artificial scarcity through public policy, artificial rent so to speak - setting up a new import quota or giving out a particular office that is very beneficial - people are going to invest money, time and resources in trying to secure that opportunity. If the value is created independently of the search for it, the search for it is wasted."

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James M. Buchanan

#Opportunity Quotes #Giving Quotes #Office Quotes

“Streets moderate the form and structure and comfort of urban communities.”
“Iâ€™ve never felt like Iâ€™ve exactly traded on my looks. When I was a teenager, I was an ultra-late bloomer, and my mom would say it was a blessing, because it means you never have to wonder if guys are only interested in you because youâ€™ve got boobs. I would have been thrilled if guys were interested in me because of my boobs! Similarly, I think Iâ€™m lucky that Iâ€™ve never had a crisis about whether the only reason Iâ€™m successful is because Iâ€™m crazy hot. Itâ€™s not something that crosses my mind.”
“Children of heroes have glory for breakfast.”
“Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God. It is believing that love without reward is valuable.”
“Leonard Cohen can give you "Leonard Cohen" - the self-deprecating wit, the slow, considered speech, the perfectly-honed anecdote - Tom Waits is far more comfortable giving a journalist "Tom Waits" the character, whose conversation is really a series of strange tales, learned or ad-libbed.”
“I'll miss everyone on Dallas so much, but I have a wonderful career ahead of me. I can feel it.”
“When my family isn't alright, I get restless. It just doesn't seem right to me.”
“You may be a lady but you are still the man!”

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