"When everybody owns something, nobody owns it, and nobody has a direct interest in maintaining or improving its condition. That is why buildings in the Soviet Union - like public housing in the United States - look decrepit within a year or two of their construction..."

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Source : Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman (1990). “Free to Choose: A Personal Statement”, p.42, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Milton Friedman

#Years Quotes #Two Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Wise parents know that fighting a teenager, like fighting a riptide, is inviting doom.”
“Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.”
“If you wait, you grow old, nothing more.”

Source : Walter Bargen (2009). “Days Like this are Necessary: New and Selected Poems”, Bkmk Pr/Umkc
“This book was made possible by the letter â€œÃ¸.”
“Nature would be scarcely worth a puff of the empty wind if it were not that all Nature is but a temple, of which God is the brightness and the glory.”
“Forget the idea that inspiration will come to you like a flash of lightning. It's much more about hard graft.”

Source : "Top artists reveal how to find creative inspiration" by Polly Stenham, Guy Garvey, Tamara Rojo, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Fyfe Dangerfield, Martha Wainright, Anthony Neilson, Rupert Goold, Isaac Julien, Lucy Prebble, Jasmin Vardimon, Sunand Prasad, Susan Philipsz, Akram Khan, Polly Morgan, Kate Royal, Ian Rickson, Olivia Williams, Martin Parr, Wayne McGregor, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2012.
“I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience.”
“Some days you get up and put the horn to your chops and it sounds pretty good and you win. Some days you try and nothing works and the horn wins. This goes on and on and then you die and the horn wins.”

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