"We take, and must continue to take, morally hazardous actions to preserve our civilization. We must exercise our power. But we ought neither to believe that a nation is capable of perfect disinterestedness in its exercise, nor become complacent about a particular degree of interest and passion which corrupt the justice by which the exercise of power is legitimatized."

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Reinhold Niebuhr

#Believe Quotes #Passion Quotes #Exercise Quotes

“My whole career - I have been really lucky.”

Source : "Caprice Bourret...the sexiest fish in the pond". www.askmen.com.
“Christianity is the only religion whose God bears the scars of evil.”
“Good.â€ He straddled her, caging her with his body. â€œWere it up to me, all of London would know what we do here. -Griffin to Hero.”
“When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you write naked.”
“Our thoughts are like roots which reach out in every direction into the cosmic ocean of formless energy, and these thought-roots set in motion vibrations like themselves and attract the affinities of our desires and ambitions.”
“Change is never easy, but always possible.”

Source : Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”
“Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success.”
“I don't even know of a room that doesn't have a flat-screen TV in it. These are things that just come in environments these days. And if you were going to walk into a space, where did you come from? Was there a bathroom around the corner? These are things that are authentic, and that's what makes successful television. It's not pre-produced garbage. It's believability and connection. The environment has to tell that story.”

Source : "What goes into designing The Biggest Loser's sets, stages, and chill rooms?". Interview with AVC, tv.avclub.com. June 27, 2016.

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