"Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them."

-- George Packer

#Character Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Scandal Quotes

“Genius, as an explosive power, beats gunpowder hollow.”
“Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.”

Source : Carl von Clausewitz (1987). “Roots of Strategy: 3 Military Classics”, p.373, Stackpole Books
“Footballers are kept in such a bubble that horse racing is a release.”
“He loved his country as no other man has loved her, but no man deserved less at her hands.”

Source : The ManWithout a Country (1863)
“I really don't worry too much about what I see through the viewfinder, at least not at that point, especially if I'm using a flash because I don't know what it's going to do. I just see vague potentiality. It's really working with a set of attributes that will hopefully interact in an interesting way.”
“It's funny how much you attach yourself to everyone around you when you film.”
“The firmament of the Bible is ablaze with answers to prayer.”
“My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I donâ€™t see how art can be called art if its purpose is to frustrate humanity. To make humanity uncomfortable, yes. But intrinsically to be against humanity, that I donâ€™t take.”

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