Do you know what White House correspondents call actors who pose as reporters? Anchors.
Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.
I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.
I think the Shiites want a theocracy.
It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.
If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country.
An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that would have been useful and it would have helped to some extent.
Every period of life has its peculiar temptations and dangers. But youth is the time when we are most likely to be ensnared. This, pre-eminently, is the forming, fixing period, the spring season of disposition and habit; and it is during this season, more than any other, that the character assumes its permanent shape and color, and the young are wont to take their course for time and for eternity.
A room full of words that are nearly the truth but not quite, each note fluttering off the steam of its rose like a broken butterfly wing.
If I were to point to the person who's having the greatest impact. . . I'd point to Elon Musk.
When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted