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"I know you don't have to help us out-it's a favor-"
"Stop. I don't do favors, Alec. I do things for you because-well, why do you think I do them?
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Alec and Magnus, pg. 406

 

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"There might simply be nothing going on that might activate it. Perhaps there isn't anything here that Alec is afraid of."
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"I didn't," said Jace. "At least, I didn't finish it. It's Magnus Bane." He grinned at Alec mockingly. "Rhymes with 'overcareful pain in the ass.'"

 

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I react to what is necessary. I would like to eschew any formula. There are some things where the government is absolutely inevitable, which we cannot get along without comprehensive state action. But there are many things — producing consumer goods, producing a wide range of entertainment, producing a wide level of cultural activity — where the market system, which independent activity is also important, so I react pragmatically. Where the market works, I'm for that. Where the government is necessary, I'm for that. I'm deeply suspicious of somebody who says, "I'm in favor of privatization," or, "I'm deeply in favor of public ownership." I'm in favor of whatever works in the particular case.

 

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