"In an ideal world, where there are only good states, power would be largely irrelevant."

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Source : John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.33, W. W. Norton & Company

John Mearsheimer

#Would Be Quotes #World Quotes #States Quotes

“It would be kind of ill to see Rachel McAdams win an Oscar [for Spotlight] - I don't think people give her credit for her range, she started in a kind of character with younger demographic-aged films and really made a push to be taken more seriously and got a lot of opportunities and knocked it out the park. But I feel like Jennifer Jason Leigh deserves one, maybe not just for Hateful Eight but for [Anomalisa] and everything. Like, I tried to watch Adaption again, that's rough!”
“Rain slips through your fingers as easily as words blow away in the wind, and yet it has the power to destroy your whole world.”
“Although I have started my solo activities but this doesnt mean I'll give up my roots, SS501 is my root .”
“Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving”
“In the human heart there is a built-in obsolescence factor. It does not matter how powerful and influential you are, how much education you have, how selfcontrolled or holy you consider yourselfâ€”your heart, if you do not guard it, will break down.”
“I have a love/ hate relationship with the city of New Orleans, which is the strongest kind of relationship.”
“Truth offends everyone outside its definitions. But the irony of truth is that the greater its potential for offense, the greater its potential for giving hope.”
“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.”

Source : Espana, 20 Nov. 1920

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