Sam
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“Economics is a study of cause-and-effect relationships in an economy. It's purpose is to discern the consequences of various ways of allocating resources which have alternative uses. It has nothing to say about philosophy or values, anymore than it has to say about music or literature.”
― Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
― Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
“The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.”
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“Language can't describe reality. Literature has no stable reference, no real meaning. Each reader's interpretation is equally valid, more important than the author's intention. In fact, nothing in life has meaning. Reality is subjective. Values and truths are subjective. Life itself is a kind of illusion. Blah, blah, blah, let's have another scotch.”
― False Memory
― False Memory
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To quote Faulkner, “Read, read, read. Read everything - trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an a ...more
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