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The outstanding structural characteristic of the American economy is the predominant role of services.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

The first principle of Economics is that every agent is actuated only by self-interest.

The error of the cost theories of value consists in their confusing the causes of the origin of goods with the causes of the value of goods.

The most important thing a book can do is to make you think.

The invisible hand of the market is invisible because it's not there.

The theory of Economics must begin with a correct theory of consumption.

Pure economics is the theory of the determination of prices under a hypothetical regime of perfectly free competition.

The more you try to be original, the more you are like others.

The allotted function of art is not to make sense of life but to instill a sense of wonder.

Cinema is a medium that can be used to express anything. It can be used to express the most profound thoughts, or the most trivial ones.

I've always been fascinated by the idea of the outsider, the person who doesn't quite fit in.

I like to remember things my own way, not necessarily the way they happened.

The truth is not always beautiful, nor are beautiful words always true.

I'm a firm believer that everybody should be able to tell their own story, and I don't think that should be limited to one race or one gender.

I think the scariest monsters are the ones that are inside us, and we don't even know it.

I don't think I'm a filmmaker that's interested in showing you how good I am. I'm interested in showing you how good the story is.

I think that's what's so interesting about filmmaking: it's this incredibly collaborative art form, but it's also incredibly personal.

I've always been interested in the idea of a family that's not quite right, that's a little bit broken.

Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.