A Quote by William Irwin Thompson

In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market and a shadow economy. — © William Irwin Thompson
In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market and a shadow economy.
I played cops and robbers and pirates and all the rest when I was a kid, but I didn't want to grow up and be an actor and play cops and robbers and pirates. I wanted to grow up and be that, be cops and robbers and pirates.
Why aren't there enough black cops out there? We need black cops to come in and educate some of the white cops who have issues.
Motown was about music for all people - white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone.
Motown was about music for all people – white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone.
So that makes us robbers of robbers," said Bug, "who pretend to be robbers working for a robber of other robbers.
It's always fun to play cops and robbers.
There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers.
I've made upwards of a million bucks in the cops-and-robbers business.
I’ve made upwards of a million bucks in the cops and robbers business.
The market steers the capitalistic economy. It directs each individual's activities into those channels in which he best serves the wants of his fellow-men. The market alone puts the whole social system of private ownership of the means of production and free enterprise in order and provides it with sense and meaning.
Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that's real.
You have a couple of buddies sleep over, and, you know, you play cops and robbers. That I'm getting paid to do it now is kind of funny.
I'm a Jesuit when it comes to structure, but I really think that structure is defined by character. Everything serves that master.
A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.
Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy.
I've covered a couple wars and a lot of breaking news and a lot of cops-and-robbers situations.
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