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One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

The modern corporation is a creature of the state, and it is the state that must ultimately control it.

Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is a lack of capability to live a full and flourishing life.

Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

Creative destruction is the essential fact about capitalism.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility, and murder.

I want to make films that are like dreams. I want to make films that are like music. I want to make films that are like life itself.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.

I am a person who is not satisfied with the status quo. I want to improve myself, and I want to improve my work.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

Well building hath three conditions: firmness, commodity, and delight.