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The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or

The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government. – Milton Friedman

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Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesnt run on greed? You think Russia doesnt run on greed? You think China doesnt run on greed? What is greed? – Milton Friedman

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Society
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Milton Friedman
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What kind of society isnt structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is that kind of a system. – Milton Friedman

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Capitalism
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Milton Friedman
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever its possible. – Milton Friedman

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finance
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Milton Friedman
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architecture
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And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture. – Arne Jacobsen

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architecture

Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent – not with how things are but with how they might be – in short, with design. – Herbert Simon

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architecture

To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. Its a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works. – Ai Weiwei

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architecture

Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic. – Antonio Gaudi

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architecture

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What is it about a beautiful sunny afternoon, with the birds singing and the wind rustling through the leaves, that makes you want to get drunk? – Jack Handey

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The thing I like about baseball is that its one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, its your mistake. If you hit a home run, its your home run. – Hank Aaron

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Ive always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But Im willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, well have to-in order to increase another place, Im willing to do that. – Judd Gregg

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environmental