"Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases."

-- John Adams

#Leadership Quotes #Character Quotes #Power Quotes

“It's the subject matter that counts. I'm interested in revealing the subject in a new way to intensify it. A photo is able to capture a moment that people can't always see.”
“Nobody is an overnight success. Most overnight successes you see have been working at it for ten years.”

Source : "Overnight Success Does Not Exist". ecorner.stanford.edu. January 20, 2010.
“All the scenes that have to do with the fact that, at the end of the day, we're all engaged - hopefully some of us - in certain causes and ideals and certain ways of living, but we're human, and we're making all these mistakes, and we're caught in particular systems - whatever it is - but ultimately, there's a price paid by the people that are closest to you.”

Source : "Rampart Director, Oren Moverman Interview". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“One man starving puts a crimp in my evening.”
“Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.”
“Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.”
“Ere man's corruptions made him wretched, he Was born most noble that was born most free; Each of himself was lord; and unconfin'd Obey'd the dictates of his godlike mind.”

Source : 1676 Don Carlos, act 2.
“Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal. I think, male or female, that was a record number.”

Source : "This Pre-World Cup Interview with Carli Lloyd Shows Just How Awesomely Intense She Is". Interview with George Quraishi, www.slate.com. July 8, 2015.

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