The anarchic nature of the international system compels states to prioritize their own survival above all else.
Everyone has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean. Everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them.
"I don't have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It's what you do with it that counts."