"In a zero-sum game, the problem is entirely one of distribution, not at all one of production."

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Source : Kenneth N. Waltz (2013). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.202, Columbia University Press

Kenneth Waltz

#Zero Quotes #Games Quotes #Problem Quotes

“People aren't angels woven of light, but neither are they beasts to be driven into stalls.”
“The one thing ... maybe no family could tolerate was things coming out into the open.”
“I give them experiments and they respond with speeches.”
“I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.”
“I can state that I created a ballet company of which everyone said: St. Petersburg has the greatest ballet in all Europe.”
“I'm healthy and excited to play. And I think this year can be a big year for me if I get the opportunity. I can still play the game. I think I can help a team get to the Super Bowl.”
“Don't celebrate yet, Ms. Lane. Don't believe anything is dead until you've burned it, poked around in its ashes, and then waited a day or two to see if anything rises from them.”
“I've changed over my writing life. If I can generalize, I would say that the more recent poems - believe it or not - are more pointedly political; although, if the earlier poems were more existential, they were still political; though, in their own way, had a complicated presence.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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