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Mancur Olson

"A small group is powerful in matters relating to a particular industry, because then it is normally the only organized force, but it is less formidable when questions which divide the entire nation are involved, for then it must take on organized labor and other large organized groups. The business community in the aggregate is for this reason not uniquely effective as a pressure group."

Source : Mancur OLSON (2009). “THE LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE ACTION”, p.147, Harvard University Press

Mancur Olson

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“My family is almost exactly like the one in 'Monsoon Wedding'. We are very open, fairly liberal, loud people.”
“I was a bad boy as a child.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There's no excuse not to make films on weekends with friends.”

Source : "Mark Duplass: 'There's no excuse not to make films on weekends with friends'" by Lanre Bakare, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2015.
“I think it's a bill that puts a high priority on religious freedom and recognizes that as a part of the balance.”
“There's so much stuff said about me that's not true, so now if something is hurtful and wrong, I send an e-mail or letter immediately, saying, This is not true.”
“The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.”
“Sometimes I think that if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the corn. Not that I wouldn't love to have a final roll in the hay - I am a man yet, and something never die - but the thought of those sweet kernels bursting between my teeth sure sets my mouth to watering. It's fantasy, I know that. Neither will happen. I just like to weight the options, as though I were standing in front of Solomon: a final roll in the hay or an ear of corn. What a wonderful dilemma. Sometimes I substitute an apple for the corn.”
“Upgrade your addictions to the status of preferences. Here's the distinction between an addiction and a preference:”

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