Gisteren de film The Ides of March, met Philip Seymour Hoffman, gezien. Een citaat:
No Stephen. You didn't make a
mistake. You made a choice. You
called me and left a message to
call back...that it was important.
But when I did...you said to forget
about it. You chose not to tell
me. Why did you make that choice?
STEPHEN
I didn't think it was important.
PAUL
Sure you did. But you went because
you were curious, because you were
flattered. Because it made you feel
special to think Duffy wanted to
speak to you instead of me. Because
you thought to yourself: maybe I
can get something out of this.
Because it made you feel big.
First campaign I ran tiny little
race in Kentucky -state senate
seat. Workin for redneck nobody
named McGuthrie. Had no money, no
staff, no fuckin office. Everyone
thought we didn't stand a chance.
There's no way we can compete. And
about this time, a guy running a
congressional campaign a few
districts over gives me a call.
Says, "I really like what you were
able to do for poor ole' Sam. But
let's face it, he's a goner, so why
don't you come work for me?" What
do I do? Well Stephen -this is
where you and I are different. I
told Sam about the call. And Sam
says to me, "Paul, you think this
other's guy's got a shot at
winning, and he can pay you more
than anything I can afford, so if
it's what you feel you need to do,
then I won't get in your way." So I
say, "Sam -you took a chance and
hired me when I was even more of
nobody than you are, and I'd be
damned if I'm gonna jump ship just
because the shit hit the fan."
We lost the race, but three years
later, when Sam decided to run for
Governor -who do you think he
called? We won that race.
And twenty years later I'm where I
am now. (Beat) There's only one
thing I value in this world Steve,
and that's loyalty. Without it
you're nothing and you have no one.
And in politics it's the only
currency that you can count on.
That's why I'm letting you go. Not
because you're not good enough. But
I value trust over skill. And I
don't trust you anymore.