"There is no reason to believe that bureaucrats and politicians, no matter how well meaning, are better at solving problems than the people on the spot, who have the strongest incentive to get the solution right."

-- Elinor Ostrom

#Believe Quotes #People Quotes #Incentives Quotes

“I'm such a weirdo. I'm animal-mad, so my ideal date would probably be something involving going to see animals.”
“The spirit of sarcasm lives and thrives in the midst of universal wreck; its balls are enchanted and itself invulnerable, and it braves retaliations and reprisals because itself is a mere flash, a bodiless and magical nothing.”
“The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.”
“The most important thing is the story. Not the script, but the story.”
“When you've written a movie, you then get together with a whole lot of people and make it. In many ways, I think it is far nicer to be with people rather than being completely solitary.”
“I go out on stage, and my intention is to make the first four rows bleed from their ears.”
“I have worked with some very great directors.”
“I don't have that much experience in the studio, but I'm always really uncomfortable when I'm there. You're on the clock and it costs a lot of money.”

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